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with black ; a broad band of white, commencing at 

 the base of the upper mandible, passing over the 

 crown ; behind the eye, a broad band of light 

 green, extending backwards on the hind neck about 

 three inches ; the feathers on the nape rather long ; 

 lower neck and sides of the breast, with a portion 

 of the upper part of the breast, reddish-brown ; rest 

 of the lower parts white, excepting a patch of black 

 at the base of tlie tail ; under tail-coverts same 

 color; flanks brown, barred wdth dusky; tail grey- 

 ish-brown, tipped with white ; two middle feathers 

 darker and longest ; upper tail-coverts white, 

 barred with dusky; lower part of the hind-neck 

 and fore part of the back undulated with brownish 

 and light brownish-red, hind part undulated with 

 greyish-white ; primaries brown ; outer webs of 

 inner secondaries black, margined with white — in- 

 ner webs greyish-brown ; secondary coverts white 

 tipped with black ; speculum brilliant green, formed 

 by the middle secondaries. Length twenty-one 

 inches, wing ten and a half. Female smaller, plu- 

 mage duller, without the green markings. 



This duck is much prized along the sea-coast, but 

 at the "West he holds an inferior rank. 



Pintail. 



Sprig-tail — Pigeon-tail— Grey-Duck. 



Anas Acuta, Wils. 



Specific Character. — Bill long and narrow, lead 

 color; at the tip a spot of blnck, at the corner of 



