TADORNA.] AVES NATATORES. 229 



GEN. 89. TADORNA, Leach. 



235. T. rutila, Steph. (Ruddy Shieldrake.) Back, 

 scapulars, and under parts, ferruginous yellow; a black 

 collar on the neck; a large white space on the wings: 

 bill and legs black. 



Anas rutila, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. n. p. 832. Ruddy Goose, 

 Lath. Syn. vol. in. p. 456. Ruddy or Casarka Shieldrake, Selb. 

 lllust. vol. n. p. 293. pi. 48**. Ferruginous Duck, Bew. Brit. 

 Birds, vol. n. p. 313. 



DIMENS. Entire length about twenty-three inches. SELB. 



DESCRIPT. Forehead, cheeks and chin, pale ochreous yellow ; region 

 of the eyes, crown and nape, grayish white ; neck, as far as the collar, 

 ochreous yellow, tinged with orange ; collar about half an inch in width, 

 black, glossed with green : breast, back, scapulars, and under parts of the 

 body, deep gallstone-yellow, tinged with orange, deepest upon the breast ; 

 the feathers on the upper parts with paler edges, and the ends of the 

 long tertials passing into sienna-yellow : lesser and middle wing-coverts 

 white : secondary quills, and greater coverts, green, glossed with purple, 

 forming a very large speculum : greater quills black : tail-coverts black, 

 glossed with duck-green : bill, legs and feet, black. SELB. The female, 

 according to Temminck, wants the black collar, and has more white 

 about the head and neck. (Egg.) White. TEMM. 



An extremely rare and accidental visitant in this country. One killed 

 at Bryanston in Dorsetshire, in the Winter of 1776, is now in the New- 

 castle Museum. Mr Selby has figured a second individual which was 

 killed in the South of England, and which is in his own collection. 

 Inhabits the eastern parts of Europe. Said to make a nest in the 

 banks of rivers, or in burrows excavated for the purpose in deserted 

 hillocks ; occasionally in hollow trees. Lays eight or nine eggs. Food, 

 aquatic plants and insects. 



236. T. Bellonii, Steph. (Common Shieldrake.) 

 Back, wing-coverts, and flanks, white ; a broad ferruginous 

 band on the breast : bill, frontal protuberance, and legs, 

 red. 



Anas Tadorna, Temm. Man. dOrn. torn. n. p. 833. Shieldrake, 

 Mont. Orn. Diet. $ Supp. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. n. p. 341. 

 Common Shieldrake, Selb. Illust. vol. n. p. 289. pi. 48. (Trachea,) 

 Linn. Trans, vol. iv. pi. 15. f. 8, & 9. 



DIMENS. Entire length twenty-three inches six lines: length of the 

 bill (from the forehead) two inches, (from the gape) two inches three 

 lines ; of the tarsus one inch eleven lines ; of the tail three inches eight 

 lines ; from the carpus to the end of the wing twelve inches three lines. 



DESCRIPT. (Male.) Head, and upper part of the neck, deep blackish 

 green with glossy reflections ; lower part of the neck, back, wing-coverts, 

 flanks, rump, and base of the tail, pure white : across the breast a broad 

 band of ferruginous brown, the ends passing upwards and uniting be- 

 tween the shoulders : scapulars, a mesial abdominal list dilating at the 

 vent, and tip of the tail, black; under tail-coverts pale reddish brown : 

 primaries black: speculum rich bronzed-green: three or four of the 



