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circumstances as above detailed. The birds were all living 



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and in his possession, about a year ago, and bad shown no dis- 

 position whatever to leave him." 



The length of this species is three feet ; extent, five feet 

 two inches ; the bill is black ; irides, dark hazel ; upper half 

 of the neck, black, marked on the chin and lower part of the 

 head with a large patch of white, its distinguishing character; 

 lower part of the neck before, white ; back and wing-coverts, 

 brown, each feather tipt with whitish ; rump and tail, black ; 

 tail-coverts and vent, white ; primaries, black, reaching to the 

 extremity of the tail ; sides, pale ashy brown ; legs and feet, 

 blackish ash. 



The male and female are exactly alike in plumage. 



TUFTED DUCK. (Anas fuligula) 



PLATE LXVIL-Fig. 5, Male. 



FULIGULA EUFITORQUES.— Bon ap arte. 



Fuligula rufitorques, Bonap. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. — Synop. p. 393. — ■ 

 North. Zool. ii. p. 453. 



This is an inhabitant of both continents ; it frequents fresh- 

 water rivers, and seldom visits the sea-shore. It is a plump, 

 short-bodied duck ; its flesh generally tender and well tasted. 

 They are much rarer than most of our other species, and are 

 seldom seen in market. They are most common about the 

 beginning of winter and early in the spring. Being birds of 

 passage, they leave us entirely during the summer. 



The tufted duck is seventeen inches long, and two feet two 

 inches in extent ; the bill is broad, and of a dusky colour, 

 sometimes marked round the nostrils and sides with light blue ; 

 head, crested, or tufted, as its name expresses, and of a black 

 colour, with reflections of purple ; neck marked near its middle 

 by a band of deep chestnut; lower part of the neck, black, 

 which spreads quite round to the back ; back and scapulars, 

 black, minutely powdered with particles of white, not to be 



