FDLIGULA. 303 



with black spots, abdomen white; flanks mottled grey; under tail- 

 coverts black ; bill dusky ; legs dusky. 



" Length.— l5-b mcheR, wing 8-5, tail 3, bill at front l-5."—(Jercl. 

 B. Ind.) 



The Female (of which the Kurrachee Museum has a specimen) 

 wants the rich markings on the head and face, which are mottled grey ; 

 there is a distinct white superciliary streak and a brown streak behind 

 the eye, also a patch of white above the angle of the upper mandible ; 

 chin and throat white; cheeks and sides of the neck white, the feathers 

 with mesial linear streaks ; breast rufescent, spotted with dark brown ; 

 belly white; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts white, with linear 

 brown spots ; back dark brown, the feathers edged with rufous brown ; 

 flanks dusky rufescent brown, some of the feathers with whitish edg- 

 ings; bill 1-62 X 0-62 at its widest part; tarsus 1-6. 



Hah. — Sind, N. W. Provinces at Delhi, {Hume) Oudh and Bengal. 



According to Mr. Hume, this is a rare straggler within the limits of 

 India. Blyth obtained a single specimen (a male) in the Calcutta 

 Bazaar in 1844. Mr. James, C. S., who was for some time in Sind, had a 

 water colouring drawing of the head of a Teal, which Mr. Hume regards 

 as the male of this species, and, besides a female in the Kurrachee 

 Museum, a male was obtained by Mr. Chill at Dehli in 1879. 



Sub-Family, FULIGULIN^, /Sw.— Diving Ducks. 



Bill elevated at base, flat and broad towards the tip ; nail strong, 

 broad and horny ; tarsi short, rather compressed ; toes long, webbed 

 to the end ; hind toe short; tail short and rounded. 



Puligula, Steph. ; Branta, Boie, ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 620. 

 Bill nearly as long as the head, moderately wide, tip depressed ; nail 

 large; lamellae distant; wings moderate, 1st quill longest. 



Fuligula rufina, Pall. Zoogr. t. 79; P. E. 928; Gould. B. Eur. 

 pi. 369; Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 81 1 ; 8tr. F.iv. 201 ; Mrirray, Hdbh., Zool, 

 Sic, Sind, p. 238 ; Hume, GameB. Ind.. iii. p. 253. (Rattoba, Sind; Lall- 

 seeree, Punjab.) — The Red-ceested Pochard. 



Male. — Crown of the head, with an elongated crest of a silky texture 

 and dull yellow colour ; head on the sides, cheeks, chin and throat rich 

 chestnut, with a tinge of rose red or reddish bay ; nape and a- line con- 

 tinued down the back of the neck black; lower neck, breast, sides of 

 the breast and abdomen black, in some specimens the abdomen is a 

 chocolate brown ; flanks white ; back pale brown, or yellowish brown ; 

 the scapulars with a fulvous tinge ; bend of the wing and a large spot 

 on the sides of the back white ; primaries brown on their outer webs 

 and at their tips, white on their inner webs; secondaries white, with sub- 

 terminal dark tips; tertiaries pale brown; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 nearly black ; tail dark brown ; bill bright vermilion ; legs and feet 

 vermilion or reddish orange ; irides reddish brown. 



Length.— 20-5 to 22 inches, wing 10 to 10-75, tail 30 to 4-0, bill 2-3 

 to 2-5, 



