. An illustrated manual of British birds . s Gardens had refusedto pair, yet hybrids between this species and the Antarctic Rosy-billed Duck were produced. The adult male in spring has the beak crimson, with a whitenail; irides reddish ; head, erectile crest, and upper neck chestnut;lower neck, breast, centre of abdomen, and lower back brownish-black ; flanks white, with a tinge of salmon-pink ; mantle yellowish-brown ; lesser coverts and a small speculum on the secondaries,white; inner secondaries grey ; quills and tail-feathers ash-brown;legs and toes vermilion-red ; webs almost black. In le
. An illustrated manual of British birds . s Gardens had refusedto pair, yet hybrids between this species and the Antarctic Rosy-billed Duck were produced. The adult male in spring has the beak crimson, with a whitenail; irides reddish ; head, erectile crest, and upper neck chestnut;lower neck, breast, centre of abdomen, and lower back brownish-black ; flanks white, with a tinge of salmon-pink ; mantle yellowish-brown ; lesser coverts and a small speculum on the secondaries,white; inner secondaries grey ; quills and tail-feathers ash-brown;legs and toes vermilion-red ; webs almost black. In less maturebirds the soft parts are duller in colour. Length 22 in. ; wing105 in. The female has no crest, and the top of the head isdark brown ; the cheeks and neck are greyish-white ; the upper andunder parts pale rufous to greyish-brown ; the point of the shoulderand speculum dull white ; beak and legs dull red. Young drakesat first resemble the females, but the crest and the red colour ofthe bill soon become apparent. :. 435 \A^. * %xf/ ^K^^vfe^^^^ - THE FERRUGINOUS DUCK. FuLiGULA NVR()CA ((.lildenstadt). This species—also called the White-eyed Duck, from the colourof its irides—is an irregular visitor, principally in winter and twenty examples have been obtained in Norfolk, a few inSuffolk, Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire, and along the Trent valley upto Nottinghamshire; and Northumberland, Cumberland and Lan-cashire are each credited with one. Those exposed for sale in theLondon markets are open to the suspicion of having been broughtfrom Holland (whence also live birds are sometimes sent); butfour have been killed near Oxford, and one each in Dorset andDevon; while a remarkably tame bird was observed on a pond inRadnorshire during the latter part of 1858 and up to March Scotland this Duck has been obtained near Edinburgh on twooccasions in winter ; and in Ireland four occurrences have beennoted froni the east and north-east coasts. The Ferruginou
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