viii LIST OF PLATES. 



Plate Pace 



XXIII. Xetta rttfina. The Eed-crested Pochard 208 



XXIV. Xyroca ferixa. The Pochard or Dun-bird 217 



XXV. Nyeoca baehi. The Eastern White-eye 223 



XXVI. Nyroca afhicana. The White-eyed Pochard or White-eye. . 227 



XXVII. Ffligula fuligula. The Crested Pochard or Tufted Pochard . 239 



XXVIII. Erismatura lel'Cocephala. The White-headed or StifF-tail 



Duck 255 



XXIX. Meesus albellus. The Smew 262 



XXX. Merganser seeeator. The Red-breasted Merganser . . 281 



