350 NATATORES. FULIGULA. CRESTED POCHARD. 



RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 



FULIGULA RUFINA, Steph. 



Fuligula rufina, Shaw's Zool. 12. 188. pi. 54. 



Anas rufina, Pall. Reis. 2. 713 Gmel. Syst. 1. 541. 118 Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 870. sp. 94 Yarrell, in Zool. Journ. 2. 492. 

 Anas capite rufo major, Rail Syn. 140 Will Orn. 279. 

 Anas fistularis cristata, Briss. 6. 398. 22. 

 Le Canard siffleur huppe, Buff. Ois. 9. 182. Id. PI. Enl. 928. male Temm. 



Man. d'Ornith. 2. 864. 



Kolbenente, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 1021. Meyer, Tasschenb. 2. 518. 

 Great Red-headed Duck, Will. (Angl.) 364. 

 Red-crested Duck, Lath. Syn. 6. 544. 82. 

 Red-crested Pochard, Shaw's Zool. 12. 188. pi. 54. 



Rare visi- I have admitted this species into the list of our Fauna, as 

 a rare visitant, on the authority of Mr YARRELL, who (in 

 the second volume of the Zoological Journal) has described 

 an immature male, that was shot near Boston in Lincoln- 

 shire in January 1826, on fresh- water, whilst feeding in com- 

 pany with some Wigeons. It is a native of the north-east- 

 ern parts of Europe, and of northern Asia ; and, during its 

 winter migration, is met with in Turkey, Hungary, and Aus- 

 tria, as well as on the shores of the Caspian Sea, occasionally 

 extending its flights as far westward as the lakes of Switzer- 

 land and Italy. It exceeds the Red-headed Pochard in size, 

 and is a handsome bird in plumage and general appearance. 

 In the tracheal organization, the tube (according to TEM- 

 MINCK) undergoes a sudden contraction a little below the 

 upper larynx, and again where it is joined to the labyrinth, 

 which latter part is formed of the orca and tympanum, ap- 

 proaching in shape and size to those of the preceding species. 

 The present bird inhabits fresh- water lakes and the rivers of 

 the interior of its respective countries, and is rarely found 

 on sea-coasts, living on aquatic plants, seeds, and mollus- 

 Food. cous animals. Its summer retreats, and the particulars of 

 its nidification, remain in obscurity. 



