412 F17L1GULINJE. 



depressed ; nail large ; lamellae distant ; wings moderate, first 

 quill longest. 



Fuligula rufina, Pallas. 



967. Branta rufina, Pall. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, 

 p. 811 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Yol. IV, p. 30 ; Deccan, 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 438 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology 

 of Sind, p. 313 ; Game Birds of India, Vol. Ill, p. 253. 



THE RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 



Length, 201 to 22'1 ; expanse, 3375 to 38'2 ; wing, 9'6 to 

 1075; tail, 3'0 to 4'2 ; tarsus, 1 '5 to 175 ; bill from gape, 2'25 

 to 2-42 ; weight, 1|J to 2ft Ibs. 



Bill bright^ yermilioiirxecL; nail brownish- white ; irides vary 

 fronTErown to red ; legs from dingy salmon color to orange-red. 



Male: head, cheeks, throat, and the upper part of the neck 

 redclish-bay ; the feathers on the crown elongated, and of a silky 

 texture, forming a crest somewhat paler than the rest of the 

 head ; back, wings, and tail, yellowish-brown ; the band of the 

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

 tEe base of the primary quills, white ; lower part of the" neck, 

 breast, and abdomen, deep black ; the flanks white. 



The female has the upper parts pale yellowish brown, darker 



on ^the head and neck, and the crest less developed ; speculum 



, - half greyish-white, half pale brown ; base of the quills white, 



tinged with brown ; breast and flanks yellowish-brown ; belly 



grey ; bilLand feet reddish-browu. 



The Ited-crested Pochard is common in Sind, less so in Guzerat 

 and Raj pu tana, and rare in the Deccan. It affects only 

 the larger tanks and j heels, keeping in the middle ; it is a very 

 wary bird, taking wing at the first sign of danger, and flying 

 up and down well out of shot, and is consequently not often found 

 in the sportsman's bag. In tanks and j heels not much shot over ; 

 of course, it is much less wary. 



Fuligula ferina, Lin. 



968. Aythya ferina, Lin. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, 

 p. 812 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IV, p. 30 ; Deccan, 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 438 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology 

 of Sind, p. 306 ; Game Birds of India, Vol. Ill, p. 247 ; Svvinhoe 

 and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 138. 



THE RED-HEADED POCHARD. 



Length, 17'25 to 18'5 ; expanse, 2875 to 32 '2 ; wing, 7'9 to 

 8-5 ; tail, 2'2 to 3'2 ; tarsus, T4 to 1-5 ; bill from gape, 2 to 2'27 ; 

 weight, l T 5 ff to 2f% Ibs. 



Bill bluish-grey, the tip and base black ; irides orange-yellow ; 

 legs and feet bluish-grey. 



Male, head and neck bright chesnut-red ; upper part of the 

 back black ; middle and lower back, win g-covertsT^EtT scapulars, 



