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of a very vivid ferruginous red ; round the 
neck a small collar of deep brown, under 
the lower mandible an angular spot of pure 
white ; back and wings dusky brown re- 
flecting purple ; these parts are interspersed 
with small red dots; speculum white 
terminated by black ; belly and vent pure 
white; feet and toes bluish ash colour, 
webs black," 
" The female has the head, neck, breast* 
and sides brown, but all the feathers ter- 
minated with light ferruginous; she has 
no collar on the neck ; the feathers of the 
upper parts dusky with light brown edges, 
the rest as in the male, but this sex is 
rather smaller than the other." 
" The birds of the first year have the 
crown of the head dusky brown ; all the 
feathers of the upper parts bordered and 
terminated by ferruginous brown ; the 
white of the belly shaded with light 
brown." 
This species inhabits the lakes and rivers 
of the eastern parts of Europe, it is regu- 
larly a bird of passage in Germany, it is 
scarce in Holland and France. It feeds on 
