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RUDDY SHIELDRAKE. 



(Tadorua rutila.) 



TA. rufa, collare remi gibus rectricibusque nigris, spcculo alba. 

 Red Shieldrake with the collar, quills, and tail-feathers black, 



the speculum white. 

 Anas Casarca. Linn. Syst. Xat. App. iii. 224. Gmel. Syst. Nai. 



1. 511. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 841. 

 Auas rutila. Pallas. Xov. Comm. Petrop. 14. 5 "9. 

 Canard Kasarka. Temm. man. d'Orn. 535. Id. 2 Edit. ii. S32. 

 Ruddy Goose. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 456. Lath. Syn. Sup. 2/3. 



LENGTH twenty-one Indies : beak black : irides 

 yellowish-brown : the top of the head and a band 

 on the eyes white : the forehead, cheeks, and throat 

 reddish-white : the neck red, encircled with a black 

 collar : the prevailing colour of the body rusty-red : 

 the rump and tail greenish-black : the quills black : 

 the greater wing-coverts form a speculum at their 

 tips of a pure white : the legs long, and blackish- 

 brown. The female is destitute of the black collar 

 on the neck : part "of her head is white or whitish ; 

 forehead brown-red : the neck varied with white and 

 ashy-brown : the red of the plumage less brilliant 

 than in the male. 



Inhabits the eastern countries of Europe, and 

 several parts of Asia, particularly Persia and India : 

 it also appears during its migrations in Austria, Hun- 

 gary, and Germany, but does not frequent the sea- 

 coasts. It makes its nest in the craggy banks of the 

 Wolga, and other large rivers : the female lays eight 



