APPENDIX. 819 
head, loral space, throat, and upper part of the head 
dusky ; sides of the head, neck all round for nearly 
the entire length, reddish-chestnut; lower neck, 
fore part of the breast and back black; rest of the 
back white, closely marked with undulating lines 
of black; rump and upper tail-coverts blackish ; 
wing-coverts grey, speckled with blackish; prima- 
ries and secondaries light slate color ; tail short, the 
feathers pointed; lower part of the breast and ab- 
domen white; flanks same color, finely pencilled 
with dusky; lower tail-coverts blackish-brown, in- 
termixed with white; length twenty-two inches, 
Wing nine and a quarter. 
Female, upper parts greyish-brown; neck, sides, 
and abdomen the same; upper part of the breast 
brown; belly white, pencilled with blackish; rather 
smaller than the male, with the crewn blackish- 
brown. 
This is without question the finest duck that flies, 
as it is the largest and gamest ; it is abundant late in 
the season, but wary. 
Rep-HeEap. 
Fuligula Ferina, Wils. 
Specific Character.—Bill bluish, towards the end 
black, and about two inches and a quarter long ; 
irides yellowish-red. Adult male with head, which 
is rather large, and the upper part of the neck 
all round, dark reddish chestnut, brightest on the 
hind neck ; lower part of the neck, extending on the 
