248 WATER FOWL. 



the greater coverts. Under parts, rosy salmon color, which fades 

 rapidly after death. Tail, ash gray. Bill and feet, vermilion; 

 the hook, black. Iris, carmine. Length about 26 inches; wing, 

 10.75; tarsus, 1.95; culmen, 1.95. 



Female. Head and neck, reddish brown ; an occipital crest of 

 lengthened feathers of the same color extends along hind neck ; 

 chin and throat, white. Upper parts, ash gray. Primaries, 

 black; terminal half of secondaries, white, forming a speculum or 

 spot on the wing. Flanks, ash. Lower parts, pale salmon color 

 in life; white in preserved skin. Tail, ash gray. Bill, red; cul- 

 men, blackish. Feet, orange; webs, dusky. Iris, yellow. Aver- 

 age total length, 22-J- inches; wing, g T V, tarsus, i^; culmen, ly 9 ^. 



Distance from nostril to nearest feather on head GREATER than 

 height of the maxilla at base, in both sexes. 



Downy Young. Upper parts, hair brown, with four white 

 spots. Half of head above and hind neck, rusty. Upper part of 

 lores crossed by a brown stripe, and a white one on lower part, 

 bordered beneath by a narrow one of brown. Rest of head and 

 neck and entire under parts, white. 



