. The water fowl of India and Asia . pe under the eye white ; the tail-coverts are pen-cilled like the back. It is apparently about the size ofthe male. Young birds resemble the female. The males bill is sky-blue, that of the female andyoung greyish black ; the eyes are dark and the feetgrey with black webs. The length is about fifteen inches, bill about two,shank about one, and wing only about six. The Stiff-tail is found from the Mediterranean toCentral Asia, and is generally resident. Stragglers haveoccurred from Western Europe to India. It has beenfound in Kashmir, at Peshawar, near Ludian
. The water fowl of India and Asia . pe under the eye white ; the tail-coverts are pen-cilled like the back. It is apparently about the size ofthe male. Young birds resemble the female. The males bill is sky-blue, that of the female andyoung greyish black ; the eyes are dark and the feetgrey with black webs. The length is about fifteen inches, bill about two,shank about one, and wing only about six. The Stiff-tail is found from the Mediterranean toCentral Asia, and is generally resident. Stragglers haveoccurred from Western Europe to India. It has beenfound in Kashmir, at Peshawar, near Ludiana, Delhi,and Roorkee, at Mardan, in Gilgit, in the Calcutta bazaar(twice to my knowledge) and near Hardoi. The birdshot in the last locality, by Captain E. D. White, was infull moult in January, and quite unable to fly, so thatthis species is doubtless resident in India, as the Indianmigratory waterfowl are through their moult longbefore the time. In habits the Stiff-tail resembles aGrebe rather than a Duck. It is more ready to dive. (Page 45) H. G run void, del Red^crested Pochard.
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