﻿170 ANATIJXE. 



climes for the purposes of breeding, which takes place on 

 the banks and borders of lakes and rivers ; their nests are 

 placed among rushes and coarse grasses, and in some in- 

 stances in the hollow of a tree ; the eggs are from ten to 

 fourteen in number. 



The entire length of the adult male is eighteen inches and 

 a half ; the beak from the forehead one inch three lines ; the 

 tarsus one inch six lines ; the wing eight inches three lines. 



The plumage of the adult male is as follows : — The head 

 and upper part of the neck black, with a strong and general 

 gloss of green ; a space or round patch of pure white close to 

 the upper mandible, which does not reach quite as far as the 

 eye : the lower part of the neck, and all the under parts 

 pure white, with the exception of the thighs and vent, which 

 are mottled with black and white ; under tail-coverts white ; 

 the feathers of the flanks are elongated, and bordered with 

 black ; the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts are deep 

 black ; scapulars white, "with black borders ; quills dusky ; 

 the wing-coverts and secondaries are white ; the tail greyish- 

 black ; the eyes golden-yellow, the beak black, the legs 

 and feet orange, their webs dusky. 



The female has the entire head brown, the upper part 

 of the breast, sides, flanks and thighs greyish-ash, with 

 dark centres to the feathers ; the lower part of the neck, 

 belly, and vent, white ; all the upper parts greyish black, 

 with paler edges to the feathers ; lesser coverts grey, tipped 

 with white ; greater coverts white tipped with black ; beak 

 black with yellow tip ; eyes, legs, and feet pale yellow. 



The egg figured 266 is that of the Golden Eye. 



