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628. Erismatura maccoa. Maccoa Duck. 



Oxyura maccoa, Smith, Cat. S. A. MiCs. p. 37 (1837) ; id. III. Zool. S. 

 Afr. Aves, pis. 108, 109 (1847). 



Erismatura maccoa, Eyton, Monogr. Anat. p. 169 (1838) ; Layard, B. 

 S. Afr. p. 356 (1867) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 302; Sharpe, ed. Layard: s 

 B. S. Afr. p. 762 (1884) ; Nicolls and Eglington, Sportam. 8. A. -p. 125, 

 pi. xii, fig. 67 (1,892) ; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxvii, p. 448 (1895) ; 

 Sheilci'. B. Afr. i, p. 174 (1896) ; Beiclienow, Vbg. Afr. i, p. 105 

 (1900) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 18 [Deelfontein] . 



Fig. 46. — Tail of Erismatura maccoa. 



Description. Adult Male. — Head and the upper part of the neck 

 black, lower neck, breast and most of the upper surface rich 

 chestnut ; wings except the least coverts, centre of the lower back 

 and tail (which is very long) very dark brown, centre of the lower 

 breast and abdomen shading from chestnut to silvery-grey slightly 

 mottled with black, the feathers having dark bases; under wing- 

 coverts white with dark grey centres, axillaries pure white. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill blue black ; feet dark leaden blue. Length 

 18-5 ; wing 7*0 ; tail 3-25 ; culmen 1-5 ; tarsus 1-25. 



The female has the upper parts, including the crown and nape 

 brown, minutely freckled with pale fulvous and grey, the primaries 



