RED-CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK. 95 



RED-CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK. 



RED-CRESTED DUCK. RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 

 PLATE CXCV. FIGURE I. 



Anas rufina, TEMMINCK. 



Fuligula rufina, GOULD. SELBY. 



Mergoides rufina, EYTON. 



rjlHE 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 Rev. H. B. Tristram, 

 Perpetual Curate of Castle Eden, Durham. 



