Anas fuligula Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 10 (1758), 1, 128.
Fuligula fuligula Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1895), 27,
363; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 223; Oates, Cat. Birds' Eggs
(1902), 2, 183; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 39.
Nyroca fuligula Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1898), 4, 463,
fig. 121 (head).
Dú-lum-pá-pa, Calayan.
Basilan (Steere Exp.); Calayan (McGregor); Luzon (Heriot,
Worcester, McGregor); Palawan (White). Northern Asia; northern
Europe; in winter to Greater Sunda, Marianne, and Pelew Islands;
Mediterranean Sea; Abyssinia; northern Indian Peninsula; southern
China.
"Adult male.--Head, neck, upper parts, and breast black; occipital
feathers considerably elongated, forming a crest or tuft; sides
of head with a purple gloss; a white spot on the chin; back and
scapulars with obscure traces of pale vermiculations; lower breast,
belly, sides, and flanks white; vent and under tail-coverts black;
wings black; speculum on the secondaries white, with a black band at
the tip; under wing-coverts, except the marginal ones which are dusky,
and axillars white, primaries brown-gray, with the tips and the outer
webs more or less blackish; tail black. Bill pale blue, with the nail
black; iris brilliant golden yellow; legs and toes dark blue, the webs
black. Length, about 432; wing, 203; tail, 63; culmen, 44; tarsus, 28.
"Female.--Crest smaller than in the male; upper parts and upper breast
brown; under parts dull white or pale ashy brown, and less clearly
defined from the brown upper breast; flanks brown; speculum as in
the male; inner secondaries glossed with green.
"Young in first plumage.--Closely resemble adult females, but paler
brown, especially on chin and throat; no metallic green gloss on the
innermost secondaries; many white feathers at base of bill.
"Males in first nuptial dress have white margins to the black feathers
of the breast, a shorter crest, no green or purple gloss on the head,
and a small white spot on the chin.
"'Males in molting plumage are intermediate in color between males
in first plumage and males in first nuptial plumage.
"'Young in down are dark brown, shading into nearly white on the
belly.' (Seebohm.)" (Salvadori.)
The tufted duck visits the Philippine Islands during the winter months
and at times may be found in large numbers; from Laguna de Bay, many
live ducks are brought to the Manila markets, the present species
ranking next in numbers to the common Dendrocygna arcuata.
Order PELECANIFORMES.