IQ LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS — ANSERES. 



Callichcn mhrufinus, Brehm, t. c. 924. 



Callichcn micropus. Biieiim, t. c. 925. 



Callichcn rufcsccns, Breiim, Vogelfang, 1855, 379. 



Bccl-crcstcd Poclutrcl, Selby, Biit. Ora. II. 350. — DliESSER, I. c. 



Bccl-crcstcd Whistling Duck, Yarkell, Brit. B. ed. 2, III. 327, fig. ; cd. 3. III. 329, fig. — Gray, I.e. 



Hab. Southern and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, and India ; occasional in Nortliern and 

 Central Europe, and casual in the British Islands ; accidental in Eastern U. S. (New York niarlcet, 

 Boardman ; spec, in U. S. Nat. Mus.). 



Sp. Char. Adult $ (57207, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Hungary, W. ScHLiJTER) : Head and upper 

 half of the neck delicate pinkish cinnamon, or vinaceous-rufous, the full, soft crest (occupying the 

 entire pileum) paler and less reddish, the feathers light buff at tips ; lower half of the neck 

 (including a narrow stripe which extends up the nape to the occiput), jugulum, breast, abdomen, 

 anal region, crissum, upper tail-coverts, and rump brownish black, deepest on the neck and jugu- 

 lum, and with a decided dark-green gloss on the upper tail-coverts. Back and scapulars uniform 

 light umber-drab or Isabella-color ; wing-coverts and tertials brownish gray ; speculum white 

 basally, changing gradually into pale grayish, then succeeded by a rather broad subterminal bar of 

 dusky, the tip narrowly and abruptly white ; four outer primaries with exterior tips dusky ; inner 

 quills pale ashy, with broad dusky ends ; tail dull dark grayish. A broad bar or transverse patch 

 across anterior scapular region, anterior border of the wing, lining of the wing, axillars, and a very 

 large patch covering the flanks and posterior half of the sides, pure white. "Bill bright vermilion- 

 red, the tip white ; irides reddish brown ; legs orange-red. Total length, 21 inches." (Dresser, 

 B. Eur. Pt. XXII.) Wing, 10.20 inches ; culmen, 2.00 ; tarsus, 1.50 ; middle toe, 2.25. 



Adult 9 (57209, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Hungary, W. Schluter) : Crest much less developed than 

 in the male, light hair-brown, this color descending to the level of the lower border of the eye, 

 and posteriorly continuing in a narrow stripe down the nape ; rest of the head and neck very pale 

 ashy, as axe also the lower parts in general ; jugulum, sides, and flanks light raw-umber brown, 

 the tips of the feathers lighter ; anal region and crissum uniform light drab, the latter whitish 

 terminally. Upper parts in general umber-drab (the wings being more brownish than in the $ ), 

 darker on the rump ; white patch at base of scapular region wholly obsolete, and white border to 

 the wing indistinct ; speculum pale ashy, becoming gradually dull white basally, and brownish 

 dusky subterminally, and with a narrow white terminal margin as in the $ . " Eyes hazel ; beak 

 blackish, with a pink tip, a portion of the lower mandible being yellowish pink ; legs and feet 

 pinkish, webs blackish." (Dresser, I. c.) Wing, 9.90 ; culmen, 1.90; tarsus, 1.50; middle toe, 

 2.20. 



Immature $ (61957, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; vicinity of New York City, February, 1872, G. A. 

 Boardman) : Similar in general appearance to the adult 9 , as described above, but crest much 

 less developed (the tips of the feathers much worn) and decidedly more reddish in color ; sides 

 and under parts of head thickly interspersed with cinnamon-colored feathers (new moult) ; the 

 jugulum, breast, and posterior under parts also mixed with black feathers, indicating the approach- 

 ing adult livery ; white patch at base of scapular region plainly indicated, and broad white border 

 to anterior portion of the wing very distinct ; speculum much as in the 9 > lacking the distinct 

 subterminal dusky bar of the adult $. Wing, 9.80 inches; culmen, 1.80; tarsus, 1.50 ; middle toe, 

 2.15. 



•' Young in dovm (fide Baldamus, Cab. Journ. ] 870, 280) : Diff'ers from every other Duck in 

 this plumage that I know in having a double olive-gray stripe from the lores, dividing before the 

 eye, and bordering the yellowish-gray eyebrow above and the cheeks and auriculars below ; upper 

 parts, crown from the base of the bill, nape, back, and wings dull olive-gray, excepting the spot on 

 the sliovdiler, which, with the rest of the body, is pale yellowisli gray ; iris dark brown ; bill 

 reddisli brown, with tlic nail white ; feet ash-gray, with a greenish tinge, webs and toes narrowly 

 edged with yellowish white." (Dresser, I. c.) 



The only claim which this handsome species has to a place among North American birds rests 

 on a single individual having been obtained ir Fulton Market, New York, the 2d of February, 

 1872, by Mr. George A. Boardman. The specimen in question, a young male, was rmdoubtedly 

 shot near New York City, probably on Long Island Sound, and is now preserved in the U. S. 

 National Museum. (Cf. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. IV., 1881, pp. 22-24.) 



