NETTA.
Hind toe lobed, as in all Diving Ducks; bill narrower in front than behind, edge of feathering on sides of bill forming almost a straight line; tail 16 feathers.
Netta rufina (Pallas). RED-CRESTED Poc HARD. Ger. Kolbenente ; /Ea/. Fistimie turco.
6 Crown (crested) and nape yellowish cinnamon, lower face and throat vinous chestnut ; back and scapulars brown, latter with white bases ; carpal edge of wing, speculum, under wing coverts and flanks white ; hind neck and breast black, abdomen brown. Bill vermilion red. Legs and feet orange red. Iris reddish brown. ? Light brown, paler beneath, crest smaller, speculum greyish white with dark tips. Bill reddish brown.
Legs and feet pinkish. Iris hazel. Wing e 256-278, ? 249-269. Tarsus 40-43. Bill 6 48-52, '5? 44-50 (W.).
Preeds.—Germany (local and occasional), France (Camargue), Lake of Constance (where it also winters), Balearic Islands, E. Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Macedonia, Dobruclscha, S. Russia north to Ufa, Caucasus and in \V. Asia ; also in Algeria. Winters in Mediterranean Basin, chiefly east of Sardinia ; Egypt ; and \V. Asia to N.W. India. Of accidental occurrence in N. and N.\V. Europe, rare wanderer to British Isles.