416 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



267. F. MARILA, Schl. Hvit Buk. The Scaup. D. F. 



Beak large and blue, ~ in. broad at root, becomes 

 much, broader at the end; tarsus equal to half the 

 middle toe; no crest. Length 21 in.; tail 2 in. 4 1., 

 extending 1 in. 4 1. beyond the wings; beak 2 in. 1 1.; 

 tarsus 1 in. 4 1.; eye small (as it is in all this group), 

 bright yellow ; beak pale blue, with large nail ; legs 

 grey ; nostrils placed in the basal third divisions of the 

 beak, which is 1 in. broad at the tip. Male, head bushy 

 black, with green gloss ; neck, breast, rump, upper 

 and under tail coverts, glossy black ; back and shoul- 

 ders grey, watered with black zig-zag lines ; all the 

 under parts white. Female smaller; a broad white 

 band round the root of the beak ; head black ; breast 

 brown ; upper parts dark brown ; on the sides and 

 shoulders watered with white ; under parts white ; beak 

 lead coloured. The young bird may be known by the 

 rusty brown tint over the whole body ; otherwise much 

 resembles the female. 



Does not breed south of Lapland. Very common at 

 Quickiock, in the lowlands and fell meadows. The egg 

 much resembles that of the pintail in colour, but is larger 

 and thicker, 2-f- in. by li in. 



268. F. FERINA, Schl. Kodhalsad Dykand. The Pochard. D. 



Speculum ash grey ; tarsus 1 in. 2^-1., like the mid- 

 dle toe ; beak in male black, with a pale blue band over 

 the middle ; in the female the band is lead coloured, with 

 a black nail ; and in the young birds the band is very 

 indistinct ; iris red ; head and neck chestnut ; lower 

 neck and breast black ; back and shoulders pale grey, 

 watered; primaries brown-grey at the base ; upper tail 

 coverts and tail black ; belly pale grey, watered ; legs 

 blue -grey. The female has the head dusky brown ; back 

 much darker than male ; breast ash brown ; belly grey. 

 Is certainly one of the rarest ducks in the North, but 

 has been occasionally killed in Norway, and even as far 

 north as Karesuando Lapland. Does not breed in Scandi- 



