THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
M®. A conspicuous crest of long loose 
feathers (about 2*5 inches in 
length); no ring at the base of the 
neck Tufted Duck: 
Fuligula fuligula S ,p. 374. 
/*. Head and neck brownish-black, dull rusty-red, buff, or 
some paler shade of colour; if patterned with white 
markings these are not very sharply defined. iFemales.') 
k'\ Axillary plumes dark smoky-brown (in Clangula 
albeola only the longer axillary-plumes are smoky- 
brown, the shorter ones being white or partially 
white; the species may however always be recog- 
nized by its small size; wing 6'0 inches). (5^^ Fig. 7.) 
f. Breast and belly brown, mottled with white. 
Wing 8’5 to 9’5 inches; bill 1’5 to 1*75 inch. 
s®. No white on the secondary- quills; 
wing 8*5 inches. 
0 ®. No rounded swelling on the base 
of the upper mandible ; crown 
brownish-black; lores and ear- 
coverts brownish; terminal portion 
of the first primary much attenuated Common Scoter : 
(Edemia nigra ? ,p, 345. 
/)®. A rounded swelling on the base of 
the upper mandible; crown brown- 
ish-black; lores and ear-coverts 
white; terminal portion of the first 
primary only slightly’attenuated . Surf-Scoter ; 
CE, perspicillata ? ,p. 347. 
t®. Secondary-quills mostly white; wing 
9*5 inches; crown brown like the neck; 
lores and ear-coverts whitish .... Velvet-Scoter: 
(E. fusca ? ,p. 348. 
A Wing 7*5 inches: bill about 1*0 inch in 
length ; top of the head brown like the neck ; 
lores and ear-coverts whitish Harlequin Duck : His- 
trionicus histrionicus ? , />. 355. 
M®. Breast and belly pure white. 
Secondaries brown not forming a distinct 
wing-speculum Long-tailed Duck : 
Harelda glacialis ? , p. 357. 
7)*. Secondaries mostly or partly white, form- 
ing a distinct wing-speculum. 
M®. Wing 8*0 to 9*0 inches; head and neck 
uniform brown. 
9 ®. Wing 8*0 inches; depth of bill at 
the base about 0*7 inch .... Golden-eye: 
Clangula clangula 9 ,p. 359. 
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