58 BED-CRESTED WHISTLING DUCK. 



white with a roseate tinge, and edged with slate-colour; 

 tertiaries, greyish or yellowish brown. The tail, pale greyish 

 brown; upper tail coverts, dark brownish black with a reflec- 

 tion of green. Legs and toes, vermilion red; webs, dusky 

 black. 



In the female the bill is brownish red, and therefore not so 

 bright-coloured as in the male; the crest is wanting in 

 development. Head on the sides, dull brownish white; forehead 

 and crown, dark brown; neck on the back and nape, brown; 

 on the sides the neck is greyish or brownish white; throat, 

 also dull brownish white; breast above, yellowish or reddish 

 brown, some of the feathers edged with a paler shade; on the 

 middle part greyish or brownish white; back, pale yellowish 

 or rufous brown, some of the feathers edged with a lighter 

 colour. The wings have the shoulder greyish white; primaries, 

 dusky; the speculum on the secondaries is greyish white. 

 Tai], yellowish brown. Legs and toes, reddish brown. 



In the young male the bill is bright vermilion red, the 

 tooth white; iris, bright vermilion red; head on the sides, light 

 chesnut, the feathers elongated towards the future crest; neck, 

 chesnut; neck behind lower down, and nape, dark brown; breast 

 below, light brown; back above, light brown; over the shoulder 

 of the wing is a white patch. The wings underneath are white, 

 with a faint tinge of pink; greater and lesser wing coverts, 

 greyish brown; the primaries are dusky at the tip and on the 

 edges; the shafts and part of the remainder white; the 

 speculum is white. Tail, grey brown; upper tail coverts, dark 

 brown; under tail coverts, also dark brown. Legs and toes, 

 orange; the webs black. 



