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with black ; a broad space of metallic green extending from the eye to the 

 occiput. Culmen 1-6, wing 10'55, tail 5'0, tarsus T45 inch. The female 

 differs from that of M. penelope in having the pale parts of the head and 

 neck whitish,. 



Hob. North America in general, breeding chiefly north of the 

 United States ; in winter south to Guatemala and Cuba ; 

 N. Iceland, where it breeds ; has occurred two or three times in 

 Britain. 



In habits it does not differ from M. penelope, but is said to 

 breed always some distance from water, under trees or bushes. 

 The eggs resemble those of M. penelope and measure about 

 2-06 by 148. 



JETHYIA, Boie, 1822. 



856. RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 

 -ffiTHYIA RUFINA. 



Mtliyia rufina (Pall.), Reise ii. App. p. 713, No. 28 (1773) ;: 

 (Naum.), xii. p. 7, Taf. 307 ; (Gould), B. of E. v. pi. 369 ; (id.),, 

 B. of Gt. Brit. v. pi. 22 ; (Dresser), vi. p. 559, pi. 435 ; (Salvadori), 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxvii. p. 328 ; (Blanford), F. Brit. Ind. Birds, 

 iv. p. 456 ; (Saunders), p. 441 ; (Lilford), vii. p. 106, pi. 43. 



Canard siffleur huppe, French ; Sivert, Span. ; Germano turco, 

 Ital. ; Kolbenente, German ; Nyrok krasnonosyi, Russ. ; Ldl- 

 chonch, Ldl-sir, Hindu. 



gad. (S. Russia). Head crested ; head and upper neck rusty red with 

 a pink tinge, the crown paler ; hind and lower neck and upper breast 

 hlack ; middle of back brown, the scapulars paler and reddish ; rump and 

 tipper tail-coverts blackish brown ; tail and quills dark ashy grey ;. 

 secondaries white with a subterminal greyish brown bar ; elongated inner 

 secondaries ashy grey ; wing-coverts ashy brown ; under parts blackish 

 brown, the sides of the abdomen white ; bill vermilion-red, the tip white ; 

 legs orange-red ; iris reddish brown. Culmen 2'3, wing 10'8, tail 3'5, 

 tarsus 1*6 inch. The female is greyish brown above, the scapulars paler ; 

 secondaries greyish . white barred with brown towards the tip ; throat^ 

 sides of head below the eye, neck, and under parts whitish ; bill blackish 

 with a pink tip ; legs and feet pinkish, the webs blackish. 



Hob. Southern Europe, rarely straying north as far as Great 

 Britain and Denmark ; North Africa ; Southern Russia east to 

 Turkestan, migrating in winter south to Northern and Central 

 India. 



