No. 31. 



Erismatura mbida. 



Body broad and flat ; neck, wings, and legs short ; feet large ; 

 bill almost as noticeably broad at end as Shoveller's, No. 14 ; tail 

 of stiff pointed feathers, wedge-shaped, and often cocked up 

 comically in the air. 



The full-dressed drake very showy ; sides of head below eyes 

 white to throat ; top of head, and the nape bright black ; upper 



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Adult Male (" full dr 



.a/c/V 



parts of body, with sides and neck, rich brownish red or ma- 

 hogany color; wings and tail brownish black; lower plumage 

 silver white waved with dusky gray. Feet bluish gray with 

 dark webs. Bill blue. 



As usually found, however, the bill and feet are darker, and 

 the plumage practically that of the female, viz. : upper parts 



