RED-CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK. 327 



NATATORES. ANATWJE. 





THE BED-CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK. 



Fuligula rufina. 



Fuligula rufina, Red-crested Pochard, 



Mergoides 

 Fuligula, 

 Anas 



Duck, 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 350. 

 JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 240. 

 EYTON, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 77. 

 GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



Canard Sijfleur Hupp, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 864. 



FULIGULA. Generic C/taracters. Bill not longer than the head, but slightly 

 elevated at the base, depressed towards the tip ; sides parallel ; both mandibles 

 laminated, lateral edges of the upper mandible enclosing the edges of the under 

 one. Nostrils at a short distance from the base. Wings rather short, pointed. 

 Legs with the middle and outer toes longer than the tarsus, which is flattened 

 laterally ; feet large, webbed, the hind toe with a broad depending membrane. 



