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318. N. ferniginea. 



Also N. innotata. 15J". Similar to N. ferruginea, but head and ueok are darker chestnut, 

 and more glossy, and there is no white spot on the chin. Madagascar. 



N. australis. 20". Legs grey. Bill and nail black, with slate band at tip. Head and 

 neck dark brown-chestnut. No white spot on the chin. Irides white. Speculum white, 

 tipped brown. Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 



N. brunnea. 19^". Legs black. Bill grey, nail black. Crown black. Sides of head and 

 upper neck chestnut-brown. Sides reddish brown. Breast brown. Speculum white, with 

 black band. Abdomen dusky. S. Africa. 



iV. nationi. Similar to N. brunnea, but more red below. Peru. 



N. erythrophihalma. Allied to N. brunnea. America. 



Genus FULIGULA. 

 F&UgUla, tovfulicula, diminutive oi f&lix or Fulica, q.v. Fuligo^soot. 

 Bill broad throughout; tip broadest. Nostrils advanced. Head in adults glossy 

 black. Northern Hemisphere and New Zealand subregion. 



319. Fuligula marila. The Scaup Pochakd. 



Marila, from yita/)£Xi)=the embers of charcoal ; from its pitch-black fore parts. 



<? 18" to 20". S 19" to 20". Legs ashy. Bill blue, black tip. Head, neck, 

 and breast deep black. No distinct crest. Speculum, abdomen, and sides white. 

 Back and scapulars grey, irregularly waved black. — Female: Head, neck, back, 

 and upper breast brown. Forehead, lores, and chin white, encircling the base of 

 the bill. Breeds in the Arctic region as far north as lat. 70°, and visits in winter 

 the basin of the Mediterranean, Black and Caspian Seas, N. India (rarely), China, 

 Formosa, Japan, and corresponding latitudes in N. America, Eggs (2-7 x 1-5) 

 pale buff. Corresponds with F. nearctica of N. America, and F. marilloides of 

 E. Asia. (J. 970. B. 1608.) 



Also F. affinis. 16". Similar to F. marila, but head and neck are glossed with purple 

 instead of green. N. America. 



