RED-CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK 



RED-CRESTED DUCK RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 



PLATE CXCV. FIGURE II. 



Anas rufina, TEMMINCK. 



Fuligula rufina, GOULD. SELBY. 



THE nest of this bird is built among rushes, or on reedy 

 islands, in the south of Europe and North Africa. 

 The eggs are stated to be seven to nine in number, and 

 according to Saunders "of a brilliant green colour, which 

 soon fades after they are blown." 



"The young are able to fly about the beginning of 

 July ; the female is much attached to her young, but the 

 male leaves the nursery as soon as the female begins 

 to sit." 



