62 ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 
importation was made by Mr. Jamrach in 1889, and Mr. Cross in 
1897, when they introduced several pairs which sold readily at 
from £40 to £60 the couple, finding purchasers chiefly upon the 
Continent. It is most common in Bengal, where Dr. Jerdon 
found it in tanks and ponds, crouching among the dense weeds, 
and hiding among overhanging bushes in flocks varying from four 
totwenty. It is said to breed at the conclusion of the hot season, 
making its nest among thick grass near the water. The speci- 
mens obtained in 1874 by the Zoological Society only lived a 
few years and did not breed. This rare bird was by Mr. Eyton 
placed with the Pochards, as also by Stephens, but the examina- 
tion by Garrod of the ¢rachea of the Pink-headed Duck proves 
that the structure of these organs declares its affinity with the 
Fuligulinae. The voice resembles that of the Common Pochard. 
Male.—Head and neck clear pale rose-pink, developing 
in the breeding season a small tuft of richer colour on the head ; 
upper body fine glossy chocolate-brown; under parts paler, 
inclining to fawn; edge of the wing white; upper part of wing 
green, with a tinge of pale pink; under surface of wings pinky ; 
the bill differs ‘in colour, being either reddish-white or pale 
orange ; iris orange-red ; legs and feet blackish lead-colour. 
Female.—Pink of the head duller ; otherwise similar. 
Young.—First feathers of head and neck dirty claret- 
colour ; plumage light brown. 
Egg.—Whitish. June—July. 
GENUS PTERONETTA. 
HARTLAUB’S TEAL. 
(Prteronetta hartlaubi. Querquedula hartlaubt). 
The single species comprising this genus is an inhabitant 
of Equatorial Africa, and may be shortly described as having 
