RUDDY DUCK. 



Erismatura rubida (Wils.). 



The adult male has the crown black, which color 

 runs down on the back of the neck; the side of head, 

 including cheeks and chin, pure white ; the entire upper 

 parts, reddish-chestnut, except the wing-coverts; the 

 middle of the rump and lower back, greenish-brown, 

 freckled with paler. The quills of the wing and tail 

 are brownish-black; the under parts are silvery- whit- 

 ish, something like the breast color of some of the 

 grebes. The under tail-coverts are white ; the bill and 

 feet grayish-blue; length, i6 inches. 



The female is much duller; the upper part of the 

 head is dark brown, paling on the sides of the head. 



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