OXYURA MACCOA.— Smith. 
Aves. — Plate CYIII. Male. 
Mas. 0. capite cerviceque postice nigro-brunneis ; interscapularibus, scapularibus, pectore, lateribusque 
croceo-badiis ; abdomine sordide auranteo-brunneo brunneo-undato ; rectricibus nigro-brunneis, rigidis, 
angustis; alis subbrunneo-rubris ; tectricibus humerorutn scapularibusque badio-sparsis ; rostro 
coaruleo ; pedibus brunnco-rubris. 
Foem. O. supenie bruiinea, flavo-brunneo-sparsa ; fascid supra oculuin alba ; gula alba ; guttere iino, pec- 
tore que summo brunneis, plumis griseo-albo marginatis ; abdomine rufo-albo, brunneo nebulato. 
Mas. — Longitudo e rostri apice ad basin caudse 14 tine. 6 lin. ; caudse 3 unc. 6 lin. 
Oxytjra Maccoa. Catalogue of South African Museum, 1 837. 
Erismatura Maccoa, Eyton. Monograpli of the Anatidae, p. 169, 1838. 
Colour. — Male. — The head, the sides of the neck near to the head, the 
back of the neck, and the chin liver-brown or brownish black; interscapulars, 
scapulars, upper tail coverts, sides of neck, throat, breast, flanks, and under- 
tail coverts, a colour intermediate between orpiment-orange and chestnut- 
brown, the tint deep and shining; belly a dull pale reddish orange, pencilled 
or clouded with brownish red. The shoulder coverts, the primary and 
secondary quill coverts, and the primary, secondary, and tertiary quill 
feathers intermediate between umber-brown and brownish red, the shoulder 
coverts and the tertiary quill feathers powdered with chestnut-brown, the 
first, also, broadly tipped with the same colour. Tail feathers liver-brown, 
shafts a shining pitch black. Eyes dark brown. Bill a dark bright sky- 
blue; legs and toes dark brownish red with a tinge of purple; nails light 
reddish brown. 
Form, &c. — Head moderately large, neck rather short, body somewhat 
oval ; tail rather long - , the feathers graduated, hence the whole is fawn- 
shaped — the feathers are narrow, very rigid and blunt at the point. Legs 
rather short, anteriorly covered with small plates, posteriorly with small 
scales. Hinder toe with a broad membraneous edging, its claw short, much 
curved and pointed. The three toes directed forwards, armed each with a 
curved blunt claw, and connected to each other as far as the points by a 
web. Bill short, high, and somewhat square at its base, flat, broad, and 
rounded at its apex, the upper surface slightly convex. At the base, 
superiorly, there is a slight projection on each side between which the 
feathers of the forehead advance. These projections unite anteriorly and 
descend as a slightly elevated and flattened ridge to within about half an 
inch of the tip of the bill. Nostrils small, oval, and situated about the 
middle of the bill, near to the ridge just referred to. Nail at apex of upper 
mandible narrow, and towards its point strongly bent backwards; inner 
edges of upper mandible strongly crenulated. 
