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•■ufous-hiT. ^shy ; crown of head slightly crested and 
ashv'^i down the hind-neck, where it becomes 
rernainHpr f ^nd throat pale ashy-grey: 
and fl surface of body white, the sides of the 
Rxillaries earthy-brown ; under wing-coverts and 
ashy - lower primary-coverts and quill-lining pale 
O'" less so 1 o*' orange towards the tip, and more 
mandible ” / ^ “PPm 
r'8; winrr Total length, 19 inches; culmen, 
& lo'o; tail, 27; tarsus, 17. 
above, with an olive tinge, and 
'ower bnrl . I '"'^mated spot of yellow on each side of the 
^ody Dalp ’ uyebrow, sides of face, and under surface of 
"‘bdomeTJe ^ of dusky-olive; 
Yon 1 S'rles of body brown, with an olive tinge. 
and'’feet^*^^®'.r^®®‘^mble the old female, and have the bill 
^"ryin vonlp '‘y coloured. According to Mr. Hume, these 
mddish-Krp m^lcs from ohvaceous-orange to pale olive-yellow, 
wn, or dusky with a reddish tinge. 
"^y^rids 
"'Uli the Rr>= species Las been known to cross 
^lallard y'ouled Duck {Meioponiana peposaca) and with the 
fli 
and the lobcd hind-toe, the white wing-speculum, 
f ire female . ^est in the male distinguish the .species, 
''crmiculatio,?® .1 -speculum more grey, but has no sign of 
Rano. • ff**^ back ; the axillaries are white. 
It has nnl An accidental visitor, chiefly in win- 
out the Natiom'i^n eastern shores of England, 
orokeshire anH liT® contains one example from Pem- 
®0're and ’onro ^ecies has been met with once in Devon- 
''‘x., from Aravllci” f-otowall. One Scotch record is known : 
oats' in Ireland, 
from Islands.— This Duck seldom occurs 
visitor to Holian,r'?> Central Europe, and is only a rare 
once in Denmark ^ f'Tance, and has occurred but 
urkestan, though' eastern range appears to extend to 
rvinter it visits the xr* Southern Russia, and in 
ne Mediterranean countries, the Black and 
