WILD FOWL 
r". Wing 9'0 inches; depth of bill at 
the base about I'O inch .... Barrow’s Golden-eye: 
C. islandica J ,p. 361. 
n®. Wing 6‘0 inches; head and neck brown 
with a large white patch on the ear- 
coverts and posterior part of the head BufFel-headed Duck: 
C. albeola ? , p, 362. 
1‘. Axillary plumes white (slightly mottled with dusky 
in Sotnateria mollissimd). (5"^^ Fig. 7.) 
n*. Feathers of the mantle black, widely edged 
with rufous-buff or chestnut. 
6*. Wing-speculum blackish, narrowly bor- 
dered above and below with white. 
w^. Feathering on the sides of the face 
extending far beyond that on the fore- 
head; wing 11*0 inches Common Eider: 
Sotnateria mollissima 2 , p. 350. 
x^. Feathering on the forehead extending 
much beyond the feathering on the 
sides of the face; wing 10*0 inches . . King Eider: 
S. spectabilis 2 , p. 352. 
i*. Wing-speculum deep greenish-blue, wide- 
ly edged above and below with white ; 
feathering on the sides of the face and 
forehead about equal Steller’s Eider: 
Heniconetta stelleri 2 , p. 354. 
w^. Feathers of the mantle uniform brown. 
K. Size larger; wing about 10*0 inches; inner 
primaries dull whitish very distinctly tipped 
with dark brown ; secondaries similar, 
forming a soiled-white speculum .... 
V. Size smaller; wing 7*0 to 8*0 inches, 
y. Wing-speculum grey. 
5®. Back black finely vermiculated 
with white 
t^. Back uniform dark brown . . . 
z\ Wing-speculum pure white. 
M®. No distinct crest. 
e\ Head and neck dull rusty-red; 
rest of the underparts rufous 
mottled with white; wing 7*0 
inches 
Red-crested Pochard : 
Netta rufina ? , p. 364. 
Common Pochard; 
Nyroca ferina 2 ,p. 366. 
Ring-necked Pochard: 
N. collaris 2 , p. 373. 
Ferruginous Duck, or 
White-eyed Pochard: 
N. nyroca 2 , p. 368. 
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