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WHITE-EYED DUCK. 
Male: ferruginous duck, with the eyes, speculum, and patch on 
the chin, white. 
Fem. like the male, but darker. 
Lath pets IGE Pieae. a ee 12 
Pipe Mss ase we ciias DO Middle toe .....6..6.4. 94 
Pastis iodide tne a-ha 14 ENNOU EOE 5 Sov ckacde cave 12 
Male: bright reddish chestnut, with a collar round the neck 
brown; speculum, a spot on the chin, and under parts pure white; 
the back and wings in some specimens inclining to brownish; bill and 
legs lead-coloured ; irides white. 
Fem.: similar, but with the colours more obscure. 
Nyroca leucopthalmus ..... 1.4 Flem. Brit. An. 121. 
ANGE APTICONG 6,065 san derseasee Qmel Syst. 1. 529. 
Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 875. 
PE OR AM UROL: candies tac bes ca sie Gmel. Syst. 1. 542. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 869. 
VARGS fOFTUGUNED ., vidssasdorvotee Gmel. Syst. 1. 528. ; 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 866. 
A UERY EE RYT OCD vinden sci ces teciinss Boie in Brehm. Hand. der. 
Nat. aller, Vo. Deut. 918. 
ELE so 1 SE DER et ee Lath. Syn. 6. 555. 
Ferruginous Duck .............. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 601. 
Rare as the occurrence of this bird isin the British Isles, it is not 
uncommon in some parts of France, Holland, and Germany, and is 
found also in India and North America. Mons. Temminck informs 
us in his Manual that it constructs its nest by the sides of rivers and 
morasses, laying eight or ten white eggs, slightly tinged with 
greenish, 
NYROCA BRUNNEA. 
Ny. Mas.—Obscurus, capite cristato; genis colloque inferiore 
castaneis ; dorso brunneo. 
Ny. Fem.—Mare similis, sed mento basoque rostri fascia cincta, 
genisque linea albis. 
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