Class II. 



TUFTED DUCK. 



£49 



whole plumage is black, that of the head and 

 neck glossed over with purple^ the legs are 

 black. 



This bird is allowed in the Romish church to 

 be eaten in Lent, and is the macreuse of the 

 French. It is a great diver, said to live al- 

 most constantly at sea, and to be taken in nets 

 placed under water. 



Anas Fuligula. A. crista de- 

 pendente, corpore nigro, ab- 

 domine spectdoque alarum 

 albis. Lath, Ind. orn. 869. 

 id. Syn. vi. 540. id. Sup. 

 ii. 355. id. Lin. Tr. iv. II7. 



Un petit Plongeon espece de 

 Canard. Belon av. 175. 



Strauss endt. Gesner av. 107. 



Querquedula Cristata. Aldr. 

 av. iii. 91. 



Wil. orn. 365. 



Rail Syn. av. 142. 



Le petit Morillon. Brisson av. 



vi. 411. Tab. 27. Jig. 1. 



Hist. dois. ix. 231 . PI. Enl. 



1001. 

 Krum. 341. 



Anas fuligula. Grn.Lin. 543. 

 Wigge. Faun, Suec. sp. 132. 

 NorvegisTrol- rind. Brunnich, 



90. 

 Reiger-Ente, StrauiS - Ente. 



Frisch, ii. 171- 

 Scopoli, No. 78. S 



Br. Zool. 153. Arcf. Zool. ii. 



300. 



13. Tufted. 



J. HIS scarcely weighs two pounds : the length Des 

 is fifteen inches and a half. The bill is broad, 

 of a bluish grey, the hook black ; the irides of a 

 fine yellow ; the head is adorned with a thick, 

 but short pendent crest ; the belly, and under 



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