372 BRITISH BIRDS. 
TUFTED DUCK. 
{^Anas fuUgula, Lin . — Le petit Morillon^ Briflbn.) 
This is a plump, round, and fliort-fliaped fpecies. 
The male is diftinguifhed by a pendent creft, over- 
hanging the nape of the neck, two inches in length. 
The weight is about two pounds, length eighteen 
inches. The bill is broad, of a dark lead colour ; 
the nail black : irides deep orange : the head is 
black, gloffed with purple : the neck, breaft, and 
all the upper parts, are of a deep brown or black ; 
the fcapulars faintly powdered or fprinkled with 
light fpots, fo minute as not to be obferved at a 
fliort diftance. The wings are croffed by a narrow 
white bar: the belly, fides, and under coverts of 
the wings, are of a pure white : the vent white, 
