﻿142 anatid^;. 



the beak from the forehead two inches ; the tarsus one inch 

 and three quarters ; the wing, from the carpus to the tip, 

 eight inches three lines. 



The adult male has the plumage of the head deep chest- 

 nut brown ; the upper part of the back, breast, and rump 

 jet black : the middle and lower part of the back, scapulars, 

 wing-coverts, flanks, and thighs are pearl white, finely lined 

 with waving black pencillings ; the belly and vent are white, 

 faintly marked with the black waving lines ; the secondaries 

 are bluish-grey ; the quill-feathers and tail are cinereous- 

 dusky ; upper and under tail-coverts black ; the eyes are 

 orange-red ; the beak, legs, and toes French-grey ; the tip 

 and base of the beak black, and the webs of the feet also 

 black. 



The female has the crown of the head, the nape, sides 

 of the neck, and upper part of the back reddish-brown ; 

 the throat and front of the neck white, mixed with reddish- 

 brown ; the breast is reddish-brown, the feathers being edged 

 and mottled with reddish-white ; on the flanks are some 

 brown spots ; the belly greyish-white ; the back and wings, 

 as in the male, but the zig-zag lines are fainter. 



The egg figured £59 is that of the Red-headed Pochard. 



