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BED-CKESTED WHISTLING DUCK. 



EED-CEESTED DUCK. EED-CEESTED POCHAED. 



PLATE CXCV. FIG. I. 



Anas rufina, TEMMIKCK. 



Fuligula rufina, GOULD. SELBT. 



Mergoides rufina, ETTON. 



THE nest of this bird may be termed a bed of rushes. 



The eggs are stated to be six or seven in number, and of an 

 uniform olive brown colour. 



'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/ 



The figure on the plate is taken from a specimen of the egg of this 

 bird, obligingly forwarded for the use of the present work, by the 

 Eev. H. B. Tristram, Perpetual Curate of Castle Eden, Durham. 



