. A natural history of the ducks . des Sci. Nat., vol. 5, p. 136, fulva Hartlaub, Syst. Verzeichn. Ges. Mus., p. 118, arcuata G. R. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 3, p. 131, 1844 {nee Cuvier).Dendrocygna major Jerdon, Madras Journ., vol. 12, p. 218, bicolor helva Wetmore and Peters, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 35, p. 42, 1922. Vernacular Names English: Fulvous or Fulvous-bellied Tree DuckLarger or Greater Whistling TealBrown Tree DuckBrown VicissiYellow-bellied FiddlerRufous DuckMexican DuckSquealerSpanish CavalierLong-legged Duck Fre
. A natural history of the ducks . des Sci. Nat., vol. 5, p. 136, fulva Hartlaub, Syst. Verzeichn. Ges. Mus., p. 118, arcuata G. R. Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 3, p. 131, 1844 {nee Cuvier).Dendrocygna major Jerdon, Madras Journ., vol. 12, p. 218, bicolor helva Wetmore and Peters, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 35, p. 42, 1922. Vernacular Names English: Fulvous or Fulvous-bellied Tree DuckLarger or Greater Whistling TealBrown Tree DuckBrown VicissiYellow-bellied FiddlerRufous DuckMexican DuckSquealerSpanish CavalierLong-legged Duck French: Millouin du Mexique German: Madagassische BaumenteGelbe BaumenteRostgelbliche Ente Spanish: ChiquioteAlgarabia Pat silvon or SilbonPato amarilloYaguasa — (Venezuela) Mexican: Tziquiotl Trinidad: Ouikiki ailes rouges Portuguese: Marreca puea (Brazil); also Mar-reca peba Dutch: Geelachtige Boomende India: Murghabi — (Lower Bengal)Badak— (Deccan)Silli — (Hindustani))Sisalee — (Burmese) J Madagascar:TahiaEtsoa h<-JX. JC O Q LUUJ trH FULVOUS TREE DUCK 129 DESCRIPTION Adult Male : Top of head rusty brown running into a black stripe on hind neck. Sides of head andlower parts pinkish buff-color, varying to a richer buff-color depending perhaps on age of whitish ring streaked with black around neck. Mantle brown. Rest of upper parts black butfeathers broadly margined with rusty brown. Primaries black. Flank feathers ornamental, withwhite centers. Rump buffy white; tail black; under tail-coverts creamy white. Bill bluish black; legs bright slaty blue; iris brown. Wing 204-226 mm.; bill ; tarsus 49-61. Adult Female : Similar. Young Bieds: According to Salvadori (1895) there is very little chestnut color on the smaller upperwing-coverts; under parts paler; the upper tail-coverts narrowly margined with brown. Young in Down: Upper parts grayish brown; lower parts whitish; a white band across the occiputinterrupted by the brown band which runs along the hin
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