. The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates . nd is sometimes placed on theside of a hill far away from water. Family more or less depressed, the hind toe broadly lobed. Key to the Genera. Bill not wider at the tip. Nyroca. Bill rather wider at the tip Fulignla. Genus Nyroca. Bill not distinctly wider near the tip than at the base; neithervery broad nor short. Cosmopolitan. The White-winged Duck.— aiistralis. Head and neck dark reddish brown, back and abdomen brown, lowerbreast and under tail-coverts white, wing feathers
. The animals of New Zealand; an account of the dominion's air-breathing vertebrates . nd is sometimes placed on theside of a hill far away from water. Family more or less depressed, the hind toe broadly lobed. Key to the Genera. Bill not wider at the tip. Nyroca. Bill rather wider at the tip Fulignla. Genus Nyroca. Bill not distinctly wider near the tip than at the base; neithervery broad nor short. Cosmopolitan. The White-winged Duck.— aiistralis. Head and neck dark reddish brown, back and abdomen brown, lowerbreast and under tail-coverts white, wing feathers white, tipped withbrown; the speculum white. Bill black, with a slate coloured band near THE WHITE-WINGED DUCK 331 the tip. Legs and toes grey, the webs black bordered with grey. Eye,white. Length of the wing, in.; of the tarsus, in. New Guinea,Australia, Tasmania, New Caledonia, and New Zealand. The white-winged duclv breeds round the margins of the lakesof the lower Waikato. Formerly, it was very abundant on LakeRotomahana, but almost the whole flock seems to have been. \Miite winged Duck iFrom n Drauiiiii in Hu- Ch. Ch. Miis.) destroyed by the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. It sitsall day on the water in the middle of the lake, and is very difficultto approach. The white on the wing is very conspicuous whenflying. It is an excellent diver, and gets much of its food belowthe surface of the water. Genus FuUguJa. Bill somewhat broader near the tip than at the base, ratherbroad and short and rounded at the tip. Northern New Zealand. 332 THE ANIMALS OF NEW ZEALAND The Black Teal.—Papango. Fuligula novae-zcalancUae. Male—Head and neck black, glossy with purple above and green on thesides. Upper surface and breast black, abdomen brownish white, speeuhimwhite. Bill blue, tipped with black; legs and toes giey, the webs blackmargined with grey; eye bright yellow. Female—Above dull black; belowbrown, mottled with white; a band of white round the upp
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