The Ducks. 
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occurrence in Europe. It is similar 
in appearance to the Garganey, 
but is easily told by its brighter 
and more smalt-blue wing-coverts, 
and by the crescent-shaped white 
band between the eyes and the base 
of the bill ; the crown is black and 
the throat and sides of the face are 
sooty-brown. In habits it resembles 
the Garganey. The eggs are pale 
The Blue-winged Teal. buff - and measure about an inch- 
and-three-quarters in length. 
The Diving Ducks are distinguished by having a very 
broad lobe to the hind toe. They are believed to have the 
same summer change in the males as in the true Ducks, 
when the ornamental breeding-dress is thrown off' for a short 
THE DIVING DUCKS. 
Sub-family 
FULIGVLIN M. 
space and the male 
becomes like the 
female. 
THE RED-CRESTED 
POCHARD. 
( Netta rufina.) 
This fine species is 
an accidental visitor 
to Great Britain, 
having been noticed 
twice in England, 
once in Scotland, and 
once in Ireland. It 
is a most unmis- 
takable species 
The Tufted Duck. 
being distinguished 
by its 
full cinnamon-coloured crest, and white specu- 
lum on the wing ; the bill in the male is 
brilliant crimson, and is black in the female 
with a good deal of reddish or orange towards 
the tip ; in the hen bird also the speculum 
on the wing is greyish-white. The range of 
the species extends from the countries of the 
Mediterranean east to Central Asia, and it is 
very abundant in Southern Russia. In winter 
The Golden-eyed Duck. 
The Red-crested Pochard. 
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