OXYURA.
Tarsus short, feet large ; tail feathers IS, stiff and pointed : bill swollen at base, concave above in middle ; frequent inland waters; eggs rough shelled.
Oxyura leucocephala (Scopoli). EADED DUCK.
Ger. Ruderente ; Ital. Gobbo rugginoso.
8 Above huffy brown, freckled rufous ; upper tail coverts chestnut ; head and chin white; centre of crown, throat and collar black ; beneath brown, buff tipped, glossy chestnut on breast. Bill blue. Legs and feet grey brown, webs black. 9 Head brown, infra-ocular stripe and throat white freckled brown, no black collar.
Wing d 158-165, 9 i50-r6o. Tarsus 34-36. Bill 44-46.
Breeds.—Spain, N.W. Africa, Lower Egypt, Corsica, Sardinia, S. Italy, Sicily, Hungary (local, rare), Germany (rare), Transyl vania, Lower Danube, Black Sea, S. Russia north to so' ; Asia Minor, Palestine, and in W. Asia. Partly migratory ; occurs Persia and Baluchistan in winter ; rare in Central and \V. Europe.