248 duck. 



young; this continued alive for several years, when it lost its life 

 by an accident. The late Mr. Tunstall, from whom I had the 

 above particulars, mentioned a third, having been killed in this 

 kingdom ; and a fourth was exhibited by Mr. Bullock, in 1818, shot 

 near Berwick. This species is highly esteemed for the table, being 

 quite free from any fishy taste. 



28.— RUDDY GOOSE. 



Anas Casarca, Ind.Orn.W. 841. Gm. Lin. i. 511. Lin. \\\. App. p. 224. 



rutila, N. C. Petr. xiv. 579. t. 22. f. 1. Georgi, 167. Gmel. reise, ii. 182. t. 15. 



Lepech. It. i. 180. Dec. russ. \. 417. 464. Tern. Man. 535. Id. Ed. 2d. 822. 

 Anas Boschas major, Gerin. v. t. 571. 

 Collared Duck, Gent. Mag. xlii. pi. p. 161. 

 Grey-headed Duck, Brown's Zool. p. 104. pi. 41, 42. 

 Ruddy Goose, Gen. Syn. vi. 456. Id. Sup. 273. 



SIZE between a Mallard and Muscovy Duck, though it seems 

 larger than it really is, from the length of wings, and standing high 

 on the legs; length twenty-two inches. The bill black; irides yel- 

 lowish brown; eyelids and just round the eye blackish; top of the 

 head and nape white ; forehead, cheeks, and throat, yellowish ; neck 

 before ferruginous, encircled with a collar of black, inclining to 

 deep rufous on the throat ; breast and sides pale rufous ; belly 

 obscure ; vent deep rufous; beginning of the back pale ; lower part 

 of the back undulated hoary and brown, not very distinct; rump 

 and tail greenish black, the last rounded in shape ; prime quills 

 black ; secondaries edged with violet green ; and some of the inner 

 ones with ferruginous ; the second wing coverts and whole base of 

 the wing white ; legs long, black. 



The female is like the male, but wants the black collar round the 

 neck. — Inhabits all the southern parts of Russia and Siberia in 

 plenty ; but seldom seen farther north than 55 deg. and always in 

 the greatest numbers the more southward : in winter migrates into 

 India, and returns north in spring ; it is blended with the Grey- 



