78 HISTORY OF 



gives the following habitat : the north-eastern countries of 

 Europe ; a periodical visitant to the Caspian Sea, to Hungary, 

 and Austria ; and a regular visitant to the great lakes of 

 Switzerland. 



The male Red -Crested Duck, has the head largely crested, 

 and, together with the upper part of the neck, chesnut ; lower 

 part of the neck, breast, and belly, dirty brownish black, some- 

 times with some of the feathers slighty tipped with white ; back, 

 light bro\vn ; shoulders, and a large spot on the flanks, white ; 

 tail feathers and quills, cinereous ; rump, black ; bill, red, and, 

 at the tip, white ; legs and toes, red ; membranes, black. The 

 female has the upper plumage cinereous ; crown, dark brown ; 

 cheeks, throat, and sides of the neck, dull cinereous ; flanks and 

 breast, light brown ; shoulders, white ; belly, cinereous ; bill, 

 legs, and feet, reddish brow ? n. 



The following vignette represents the trachea of this species. 

 By a comparison of it with the vignette in page 76, represent- 

 ing the same part in the common Merganser, their near affinity 

 in form will be seen. 



