190 



TUFTED POCHARD. 



(Fuligula cristate.) 



Fu. crista dependente, corpore nigro, abdomine speculoque alarum 



albis. 

 Pochard with a depending crest, the body black, the abdomen and 



speculum of the wing white. 

 Anas Fuligula. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1.207. Gniel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



543. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 869. 

 Anas cristata. Rail, Syn. 142. A. 

 Glaucium minus. Briss. Orn. 6. 41 J. pi. 37. f. 1. 

 Morillon. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 227. Buff. PI. E>//. 1001. 



Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 535. 



Canard morillon. Temm. man. d'Orn. 568. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 873. 

 Tufted Duck. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 274. Pcnn. Arct. Zool. 2. 



5 73 . Alb. Birds, 1 . pi. 95 . Hayes, Brit. Birds, pi. 26 . Lalh . 



Gen. Syn. 6. 540. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 355. Lalh. Linn. 



Trans, iv. 117. Wale. Syn. l.pl. 78. Letv. Brit. Birds, 7- 



pi. 257- Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Sup. Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 



372. Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v'lii.p. 60. pi. Ixvii.y] 5. male. 

 Le Canard brun. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 252. Buff. PL Enl. 



1007. 



Lapmark Duck. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 576. M. 

 YOUNG. Anas scandiaca. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 520. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 859. 



Brown Duck. Penn. Brit. Zool. pi. Q. 

 Lapmark Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 515. 



LENGTH seventeen inches : beak bright blue, with 

 its hook black : irides bright yellow : on the top of 

 the head is a crest consisting of long and slender 

 feathers : this, and also the head, neck, and breast, 

 are black glossed with violet and green : the back, 

 wings, and rump are blackish-brown, with bronzed 



