278 



FULIGULIN"^. 



314. Marmaronetta angustirostris. The Marbled Teal. 

 ^ 18J" to 19"; 1 lb. 5 oz. 5 17" to 17^"; 1 lb. 3 oz. Legs brown. Bill 

 ■with blue spot above nail. Dark brown eye-patch. Back grey-brown. Scapulars 

 with yellowish spots. — Female : Eye-patch less conspicuous. From the basin of 

 the Mediterranean to India. Eggs (1-85 x 14) creamy. (B. 1603. H. & M. 

 iii. 237.) 



Also the genus Siietonetta. With bill broader towards the tip, and with the nail bent back- 

 wards as in Erismatura. One species — S. naevosa, 17^", legs bluish green, bill greenish grey, 

 plumage dark brown, minutely freckled white, S. and W. Australia and Tasmania. 



Also the genus Heteronetta. With nail almost perpendicular, and plumage like that of the 

 species of the genus Erismatura. 



H. atricapilla. 14J. Legs horny brown. Bill blackish, with basal spot on each side flesh 

 colour. Head and upper neck black. Chin white. Above dark brown, finely vermiculated pale 

 rufous. Below dirty white. S. America. 



Subfamily Fuligulin^. Soft-tailed Diving Ducks. 



Stout, heavy body. Coloured in masses. Speculum less plain or wanting. 

 Hind toe short and broadly lobed (315-322). Feet large and webbed to the 

 toes. Tail-feathers normal, not stiff. Thick plumage and rather short wings. 

 Obtain their food principally by diving. Post-nuptial plumage, when the males 

 become more or less like the females during the time that they moult their quills. 



315. iV. rufina. 



