WHITE-EYE ID) OR C A ST A IT EO U iS B U C K .
Anas lencoj)th.aJm.o s {BtekabJ
W H I T E - E Y E D o r CAST A KBOV8 I} cC K.
' Anas leucophthahwos, Bcch&t x
FuUguia leucophthalqw», Off ¿ph.
.ii. . . . Irfi1. Canawi. i iirii!. Mftuv
T h is interesting little Dwelt \ m b t m w m t i i Uam 0 M ' Krau'bwh m w; ; »
Isles* which is genera% ilarmg winter, rani:« he cm^idiW ,!eehfrjrtiffi .« t l , - tb t - . .. , »• . ... ,
visitor. It is more abundant in France, Holland and Geraiaay, in tin! btfiflec <xf w'twi'.h
be a periodical bird o f passage. Wc lw*e cecuM. it.ift abaiKtew.v from .■
range of the Himalaya, and it appears frog» tit* accounte o f Buffim «iu1 * • « •,
North o f Africa.
¿ I1 !l is niuch Ics» in sire than the Pochard, to wl.icl, it bran » How affinity. It i, tin: Fi ....
VennaM and Montagu, but not of Bewick, hi» figure and description «pphing to the ■■.. . ■ 7. ,
and manncre are strictlyanalogous to those of the Pochard, beingai, I drrer •■■■ ...
insects, water-plants, small shell-fisb, &c. Like must of the pointed-winged Ducks, its no • ; ■ • it is!-;!. .
considerable.
M.Temminck informs us that it constructs its nest among reeds by die sides of large rivers and mom,. -
that the eggs are eight or ten in number, of a white colour tinged with greenish.
T h e s ex u a l diversity o f plumage is not so considerable in this species as in many others of trie Thick nit
T h e ' male has the head, neck, breast and sides of a rich bright reddish chestnut; a slight coil: r of
brown encircles the neck; beneath the lower mandible there is 1 small triangular spot of pure white; the hi-d-
a n d w in g s are o f a blackish brown with purple reflections, covered with small red d ish dot.».; speculum . ;i . -
h a n d e d with a line o f black ; inder parts pure white; beak bluetsh black) trifle s c le a r pe&ri wh it* , • ,,-si
b lu e ish a sh colour; webs black.
T h e female h a s .'in.- 'aw,«». v .A g f j p a n d side* Of a d ^ h r o w n , i .■ , . •„
an obscure brown, each feathe-i ’.•.l.- ii, ’;; ,i. hark? bNrwsi («»imnafciou , ,,ijth u. lic-nir ;; ¡:*; ■ ..p.;..,
round t i«« neck*.
, jff®;. of the year have tlm top of the head blackish brown, alt the fejrthers o f I lie upper parts edged-
with raklfoh brown, and the white of the under part clouded with a lighter tinge of the smoC colour.
Ihe trachea of the male is ■ very narrow at the top. and also ji^b hfifere- its t.*ra»u.-.*i:iui- mi he jtrferw
larynx, hut of double the diameter at the middle; she inferiorJsayiw fifcrsncd ' u. iJ <4:.
r ig h t s id e , aud o n the left presents a series of bony ram&uaftfcu* supporting an external feemfcuvme.
^ > have figured a male and female two thirds of «heir natural six,-.