. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 148 ANSEEES NTEOCA Nyrooa erythrophthalma, Salvadori, Ibis, 1896, p. 99 ; Woockuard Bros. Natal B. p. 211 (1899). Nyrooa capensis, Beichenow, Vbg. Afr. i, p. 108 (1900). Aythya erythrophthalma, Oates, Cat. B. Eggs ii, p. 181 (1902); Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 18 [Deelfontein]. Description. Adult male.—General colour a rich dark brown, almost black on the head and nape ; the centre of the back, scapulars and upper wing-coverts very finely mottled with whitish; wings like the back, but the bases of the primaries and of the secondaries white, the latter forming a s
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 148 ANSEEES NTEOCA Nyrooa erythrophthalma, Salvadori, Ibis, 1896, p. 99 ; Woockuard Bros. Natal B. p. 211 (1899). Nyrooa capensis, Beichenow, Vbg. Afr. i, p. 108 (1900). Aythya erythrophthalma, Oates, Cat. B. Eggs ii, p. 181 (1902); Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 18 [Deelfontein]. Description. Adult male.—General colour a rich dark brown, almost black on the head and nape ; the centre of the back, scapulars and upper wing-coverts very finely mottled with whitish; wings like the back, but the bases of the primaries and of the secondaries white, the latter forming a speculum bounded posteriorly by the brown tips, which form a band in the closed wing; sides of the head and neck a rich chestnut brown ; a small but distinct triangular spot of white on the chin between the rami of the lower jaw, rest of the lower surface dark brown, becoming nearly black on the lower neck and chest, and more fulvous on the Fig. 44.— Nyroca erythrophilialma, d X 1 Iris orange yellow to red ; bill leaden blue with black tip ; legs blackish. Length 20-0; wing 875 ; tail 2-0; tarsus 1'25 ; culmen 1-75. The female is a good deal lighter in colour and has no freckling, the sides of the head, neck and throat white, except for a round patch below the eye, which is brown ; the rest of the lower surface from the chest to the under tail-coverts is mottled white and fulvous brown, the fulvous more or less in narrow transverse bands. Iris brown, bill leaden, feet black; size about the same; wing 8-5. Distribution.—This Pochard is found throughout East and South .\frica from Abyssinia and Shoa to Cape Colony and extending north. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna
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