AXATIN.I-: — THE DUCKS — .ETHYIA. 



29 



October ; 

 It is sail] 

 inj? with 

 ith light - 

 1 land (ir 

 )£ raisiiv-r 

 L note II - 

 is of this 

 Trasses — 

 Lihon shut 

 body III 

 hoked. 

 , where it 

 everity o{ 

 ) obtained 



Southern 

 nis. liotli 

 pairs, ami 

 eggs have 

 be of tliis 



he found 

 ^over close 

 hich wero 

 was found 

 e edge, in 

 jhtly lini'd 

 n the lakp, 



', mentions 



was quite 



pril, where 



r',casionally 



Com. fnAii. Secondnrics Iduish gray, the upper feutliprs narrowly edged with biacit. Adult 

 mnk : lltad and neck reddish lirnwn ; jugiduni and anterior part of back, lower part oi' rnnip, 

 upper tail-coverts, ami crissiiin Idaek ; back, scapulars, Hanks, anal region, antl soiiietiines (in 

 .K frrina) whole abdomen, white, finely vernncidated with dusky. 



1, 



cbestnut-ieil 

 ion. 



whether thi'^ 

 r different in 

 diiefly to tlu' 



the followiiiK 



..A', nmericrma. 



A. Bill a.1 long as middle toe (without claw), its greatest width not more than one third the 

 length of the eulmen, much depressed at the end, the nail scarcely hooked (Aristonetta, 

 Baiku). 

 iB. vallisneria. Head and neck reddish cinnamon or rusty brown in the male, the former 

 dusky on top and anteriorly ; juguluni, anterior portion of back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 tail, and crissum black ; remainder of the body white, the upper surface, sides. Hanks, 

 and anal region finely vermiculated with dusky. Bill entirely black. Wing, 8.75-9.25 

 inches; eulmen, 2. 10 2.50; greate.st width of bill, .75-.8() ; tarsus, 1.70; middle toe, 



[- 2.(!()-2.()5. Ilah. North America. 



yB. Bill much shorter than middle toe (without claw), its greatest width nearly half the length 



I of the eulmen, the end niodi-rafely depre.ssed, and the nail decidedly hooked {/Kfhijia). 



i; 2. iB. americana. Heacl and neck ricii reddish chestnut, the latter glossed with reddi.sh 

 purple ; back, sca])ulars, sides, and flanks vermiculated with wdiite and dusky in nearly 

 eipial quantity ; abdomen immaculate white. Bill pale blue, the end black. Wing, 8.50- 

 3.25 inches ; eulmen, 2.05-2.25 ; greatest width of bill, .75-.85 ; tarsus, 1.60-1.65 ; 

 ndddle foe, 2.30-2.40. Huh. North America. 

 3. iB. ferina.' Head and neck chestinit-rufous, the latter without decided purplish gloss ; 

 back, scai)\dar8, sides, flank.a, and abdomen white, everywhere finely vermiculated with 

 dusky. Bill black, crossed, a little anterior to the middle, by a wide band of pale blue. 

 Wing, 8.00-8.50 inches ; eulmen, 2.20-2.40 ; greatest width of bill, .70-.78 ; tarsus, 1.30- 

 1.55 ; middle toe, 2.30-2.50. Hub. Eurojje. 



1 VEtIIYIA FKItlNA. 



Anas frriiin, TjS'N. S. N. ed. 10, 1. 1758, 12ti ; cil. 12, I. 1766, 203. — Naum. Viig. Deutschl. 



XII. 1844, 21, pi. 308. 

 FuUrjula fcriwi, Keys. & Br.As. Wirb. Kur. 87. 



Nijroca fmna, Fi.E.M. Pliil. of Zool. II. 260. - it AY, Gen. HI. 621 ; Cat. Brit. B. 1863, 200. 

 Aiithyn fcrhia, Boik, I.sis, 1822, 564. — Boxap. Comp. List, 1838, 58. — Macoill. Man. II. 191. 

 Anns ru/a, Gmkl. S. X., 1. 1788, 515. 

 Anas crythroccphaln, S. G. Gmki,. Reisp, 1. 1770, 71. 

 Aythya erijthrocephala, Biif.iim, Vbg. Deutschl. 919. 

 Pochard, YAnn. Brit. B. ed. 2, HI. 332, fig. ; ej. 3, III. 334, fig. 

 Hab. Palsearctic Region. 



