431 
Male: crown, head, and back of the neck black; back and tail — 
‘brown, dotted with whitish; wings brown ; throat and cheeks white ; 
flanks, breast, and lower surface also white, tinged more or less with 
ferruginous; bill lead-coloured; legs and feet brown; irides hazel. 
- Fem.: similar to the male, but with the back part of the head 
and neck inclining to brown; the throat and cheeks light slate- 
- eolour. 
Young similar to the female. 
Brismatura vrubrdd.s..csccceceers Bonap. Cat. Am. and Europ. 
: Birds. 
ATES WUDUNEL 2s bess ss on seietnd ba veae Wils. Am. Orn. 8 p. 128, 
pl. 71, fig. 56. 
Fuligula (oxyura) rubida...... Bonap. Syn. p. 890. N. 336. 
——— —-- PUDIA voecivrcccsenecoes Faun. Bo. Am. 2. 455. 
GQYMNUTG TUDIAA ieevs iceonbacn Nutt. Man. Orn, 2. 426. 
Inhabits North America, retiring northwards to breed; frequents 
fresh water in preference to the sea, according to Nuttall. When 
swimming they have a habit of carrying the tail so erect that it 
appears of the same height with the head and neck. 
ERISMATURA AUSTRALIS. 
Hris. Mas.—Capite colloque atris; corpore castaneo. 
Hris. Fem.—F erruginea, fasciata et punctata atro et brunneo. 
7 AUSTRALIAN DUCK. 
- Male duck, with the head and neck black; the body chestnut. 
Fem. ferruginous duck, fasciated and punctated with black and 
brown. 
IN. IN. IN. 
Length ... 165 Bill iinet ox 1% LOTR wadecg ot 
OD |b 
~ Male: with the head, throat, and neck black; below with the 
back dark chestnut; tail, wings, and rump black, the latter irrorated 
_ with ferruginous; under tail coverts silvery grey; bill, feet, and 
legs lead-coloured. 
- Fem.: brown, ferruginous, fasciated transversely with black and 
dark brown ; throat light brown; under surface silvery grey, slightly 
tinged with brown ; tail and wings brown. 
Oxyura Australis, Gould.. ... Zool. Proc. 1836, p. 85. 
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