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innermost secondaries elongated ; bill umber-brown ; fore 
parts of crown and cheeks bare, dull red ; legs and feet dull 
pink; irides pale yellow. Length 52 inches; culmen 7°4; 
wing 23°4 ; tail 8; tarsus ro°9. Female slightly less. 
Young: General colour rufous-buff or sandy-buff, clearest 
and deepest buff on cheeks and crown and on chin very 
pale ; primaries and greater coverts black; legs paler than in 
adults. 
Distribution : Inhabits Siberia in Asia ranging southward 
to India in winter. Not unfrequently found on passage in 
the east of Russia. 
Habitat : Shallow ponds or lakes. 
