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FULIGULA. 



320. Fuligula fuligula. The TtfFTED Pochaed. 



Dubaru, N. W.P.; Malac, Nepal; Turando, Sind; Ablak, Cdbul. 



$ 16|" to 17"; 1^ to 2 lbs. ? 15" to 16|"; IJ to If lbs. Legs leaden. Bill 

 grey, black tip. Black silky crest. Irides golden yellow. Head, neck, and breast 



black. Speculum white, with greenish 'edge. Back black, speckled whitish. 

 Abdomen and sides white. — Female.: Brown, where the male- is black. Throughout 

 the Palsearctic region, breeding far north, and migrating in winter to N. Africa, 

 China, Japan, N. India, and Burma. Not recorded from Pegu, Tenasserim, Ceylon, 

 or S.India. Eggs (2-3 x 1-6) pale buff. (J. 971. B. 1609.) 



Also F. novce hollandice. 17". Legs black. Bill blue, tip black. No pendent occipital 

 crest. Chin white. Abdomen brown, with irregular lines of black and white. New Zealand, 

 with Auckland and Chatham Islands. 



F. coUaris. 17". Legs pale slaty. Bill leaden, with bands of bluish white, tip black. 

 Head, neck, and chest black, glossed purple. Chestnut collar. Speculum bluish grey. 

 N. America and W. Indies. 



Also the genus Metqpiana, With indentations of upper mandible not prominent. Bill 

 rough at base. One species — Af. peposaca, 12", legs yellow. Bill rosy red, tip black. Head, breast, 

 and neck black. Abdomen and flanks minutely vermiculated grey and grey-brown. Wings 

 black, with green gloss, speculum white. S. America. 



