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RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 



(Fuligula rufina.) 



Fu. cristata nigra, dorso nlisque funds, capite colloque testaceo- 



rubris, vertice nifescente, specula albo nigro marginato. 

 Crested Black Pochard with the back and wings brown, the head 



and neck testaceous- red, the crown reddish, the speculum of 



the wing white, edged with black. 

 Anas rufina. Pallas. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 541. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 870. 



Anas capite ruffo major. Raii, Syn. 1 40. 

 Anas fistularis cristata. Briss. Orn. G. 39S. 

 Canard siffleur huppe. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 282. Buff. PI. 



Enl. 928. Temm. man. d'Orn. 560. Id. 2 Ed. ii. 864. 

 Le Millouiu huppe. Cuv. Reg. Aniin. 1. 535. 

 Red-crested Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 544. 



LENGTH twenty-three inches : beak bright red; its 

 hook white : irides bright red : the head is clothed 

 with several long silken feathers, which form a large 

 crest, which, with the cheeks, throat, and upper part 

 of the neck, is reddish-brown, or bay-colour : the 

 lower part of the neck, the breast, belly, and vent 

 are deep black : the back, wings, and tail are bright 

 brown : the sides of the body, the bend of the wing, 

 a large spot on the sides of the back, the speculum, 

 and the base of the quills whitish : the tarsi and toes 

 are bright red ; the membranes black. The female 

 is less : the top of the head, the occiput, and the nape 

 are deep brown : the crest is less tufted than in the 

 male : the cheeks, throat, and sides of the neck are 



