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CALLICHEN CARYOPHYLLACEUM. 



( \d. — Fuscum, capite colloque caryophyllaceis. 



PINK-HEADED POCHARD. 

 Fuscous pochard, with the head and neck pink. 



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Length 21 Bill 2| 



Head and neck bright pink, the latter with a black streak down the back ; lower part of the 

 neck, flanks, back, and abdomen umber brown ; speculum ferruginous ; bill orange ; legs lead 

 coloured. 



*Anas caryophyllacea Loth. lud. Orn. 2. 866. 



Pink-headed Duck Lath. Syn. Sup. 1 . 27G. 



Fu/ii/u/a caryophyllacea Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 207. 



Inhabits several parts of India. Few specimens have been brought to this country : we only know 

 of two at present existing ; one is in our collection, the other in the British Museum ; both were 

 purchased at the sale of the late Col. Cobbe's collection. 



CALLICHEN RUFINUM. 



< \d. Mas. — Capite cristato, colloque anteriore castaneis ; subtus obscurus, lateribus albis. 

 Cal. Fern. — Brunnea-cinerea, occipite obscuro. 



RED-CRESTED POCHARD. 



Male duck, with the head crested, and, together with the anterior part of the neck, chesnut ; 

 below obscure, with the flanks white. 



Fern, cinereous brown duck, with the occiput dark. 



Lenyth 21 Outer toe 2| 



Bill 21 Middle toe 2| 



Tarsi 1| Liner toe If 



Male : head and upper part of the neck chesnut, the former crested ; lower part of the neck, 

 breast, and belly dirty brownish black; sometimes with a few of the feathers slightly tipped with 



