duck. 335 



97.— RUFOUS-NECKED DUCK. 



Anas rufa, Lid. Orn. ii. 863. Gm. Lin. i. 515. 

 — — ruficollis, Scop. i. No. 81. 

 Rufous-necked Duck, Gen.Syn.vi. 477. 



SIZE of the Mallard. Bill black; head and neck rufous; 

 breast black ; back variegated with lines of brown, tending back- 

 wards ; wings plain cinereous brown ; tail short, not longer than 

 the wings, when closed ; legs black. 



Native place not mentioned : probably a Variety of the last. 



98— FULVOUS DUCK. 



Anas fulva, Ind. Orn. ii. 863. Gm. Lin. i. 530. 

 Quapach canauhtli, Raii, 177. 



Penelope Mexicana, Bris. vi. 390. Id. 8vo. ii. 464. 

 Mexican Pochard, Gen. Syn. vi. 524. 



BILL and legs dusky ash-colour ; eyes black ; head, neck, 

 breast, belly, thighs, and under tail coverts, fulvous ; back, scapu- 

 lars, wing coverts, and rump, transversely barred fulvous and brown ; 

 tail black and white. — Inhabits Mexico. 



99— CHESTNUT-CROWNED DUCK. 



SIZE of a Mallard; length two feet. Bill two inches long, 

 dusky, the under mandible yellow, the upper much serrated on the 

 edges, with a bent nail ; feathers of the crown rather full, and 

 including the eyes, fine brownish chestnut ; this continues down the 

 back of the neck, but becomes paler, blending with the colour of 

 the back, which is pale rufous brown ; wings and tail the same ; 

 speculum dirty white ; quills dusky, the four outer ones nearly alike, 



