THE WOOD OR SUMMER DUCK. 101 



THE FERRUGINOUS DUCK (Fuligula ferruginea). 

 In 1879 I obtained, on the east coast, two birds 

 that puzzled me much. They were in immature 

 plumage. I saw them paddling about a creek, with 

 some Tufted Ducks, and took them to be female 

 Goldeneyes from the wing patch, eye, and general 

 contour. They were very unsuspicious, which, at 



THE RED-CRESTED DUCK. 



the time, I remarked,, as being most unusual with 

 Goldeneyes, and I had no difficulty in securing 

 both. Upon closer examination they proved to be 

 Ferruginous Ducks. 



Two males' of the WOOD or SUMMER DUCK were 

 shot on the Blackwater, in 1848, by the late Mr. 

 C. Ussher, one of which is preserved in the hall 

 at Camphire (Mr. R. Ussher) ; the other is in Mr. 

 Chute's collection, at Chutehall, near Tralee. Both, 

 probably, had strayed from some private water. 



