378 duck. 



tore part, hinder cinereous ; the tips of these and the rest wholly 

 black ; wing coverts and tail black. 



Inhabits the Caspian Sea and the neighbouring parts of the 

 South of Russia. 



142— KEKUSCHKA DUCK. 



Anas Kekuschka, Ind.Om. ii. 877. Gm.Lin.u 531. S. G. Gmel. It. iii. 249. t. 26,27. 

 Kekuschka Duck, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 356. 



LENGTH nineteen inches ; general colour yellow oker ; under 

 parts white; back ash-colour ; rump and tail deep black ; the quills, 

 from the fifteenth to the nineteenth, white at the tips. 



Inhabits the parts about the Caspian Sea. The flesh said 

 to be rancid. 



143— ARABIC DUCK. 



Anas Arabica, Ind. Orn. ii. 877. Gm. Lin. i. 542. 

 — — Scarchir, Forsk. Fn. Arab. p. 3. 7. 

 Arabic Duck, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 357. 



BILL yellow, with the middle part black ; the body spotted 

 with grey ; beneath and on the rump whitish, with cinereous spots; 

 speculum of the wings dusky, banded before and behind with white; 

 legs yellowish ash-colour. 



Inhabits Arabia. The name Scar chir. 



144— ALEXANDRINE DUCK. 



Anas Alexandrina, Ind. Orn. ii. 877. Gm. Lin. i. 542. 

 — Sau Sarai, Forsk. Fn. Arab. p. 3. 8. 

 Alexandrine Duck, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 357. 



IN this the bill and vent are black ; neck ash-colour, marked 

 with black crescents; belly white; legs yellowish ash-colour. 

 Inhabits Alexandria, and is called Sau Sarai. 



