Cuass II. TUFTED DUCK. 
whole plumage is black, that of the head and 
neck glossed over with purple; the legs are 
black. det Bett 
_ This bird is allowed in the Romesh church to 
be eaten in Lent,.and is the macreuse of the 
French. It is a-great diver, said to live al- 
most constantly at sea, and to be taken in nets 
placed under water. 
4 
vie 411. Tab. 27. fig. 1. 
Hist. d’ors. ix. 231. Pl. Enl. 
1001. 
Kram. 341. 
Anas fuligula. Gm. Lin. 543. 
Wigge. Faun. Suec. sp. 132. 
Norvegis Trol-And. Brunnich, 
90. 
Anas Fuligula. A. crista de- 
pendente, corpore nigro, ab- 
domine speculoque alarum 
albis. Lath. Ind. orn. 860. 
id. Syn. vi. 540. ad. Sup. 
il. 355. 7d. Lin. Tr. iv. 117. 
Un petit Plongeon espece de 
Canard. Belon av. 175. 
Strauss endt. Gesner av. 107. 
Querquedula Cristata. Aldr. 
av. ili. Q1. 
Wil. orn. 365. 
Rai Syn. av. 142. 
Le petit Morillon. Brisson\av, 
Reiger-Ente, Strauss - Ente. 
Frisch, ii. 171. 
Scopoli, No. 78. 
Br. Zool. 153. Arct. Zool. i. 
300. 
249 
13. TurTep. 
Tuts scarcely weighs two pounds: the length Descrrr- 
is fifteen inches and a half. ‘The bill is broad, 
of a bluish grey, the hook black ; the irides of a 
fine yellow; the head is adorned with a thick, 
but short pendent crest; the belly, and under 
TION. 
