NETTA. 



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Primaries partly whitish. 

 Genus NETTA. 

 Bill long ; tip depressed, with rather large nail. Lamellae distant, large, and 

 prominent. Tail short, cuneate, of sixteen feathers. 



315. Netta rufina. The Rbd-crbstbd Pochard. 



Eufina, apparently an adjectival form, from rufus—vedi, 



Doomer, Nepal; Rattoba, Sind; Nool-gool, Cabul; Kizil-bash aurdak, Yarkand; 

 Lalsir, N. W.P. 



$ 22". Legs waxy. Bill red, tip white. Crown-feathers chestnut, elongated. 

 Neck, breast, and abdomen black. Flanks and shoulder marks white. Speculum 

 white. — Female on water appears grey-brown of a uniform colour (in contra- 

 distinction to the Pintail), with dark eye-stripe and crest. End of bill red. 

 From the basin of the Mediterranean to Turkistan, N". and C. India, Assam, and 

 Burma. Eggs (2-3 x 1-6), brownish green. (J. 967. B. 1604.) See illustration, 

 p. 278. 



Nyroca ferina. 



