Class II. VELVET DUCK. 



the crown of the head, the cheeks, the neck, 

 back, fcapulars and coverts of the wings are white; 

 the lower part of the bread, the belly, tail, and 

 quil feathers are black ; the legs are green. 



The female is of a reddifh brown, barred tranf- 

 verfely with black ; but the head and upper part 

 of the neck are marked with dufky ftreaks point- 

 ing downward; the primary feathers are black; 

 the greater or laft row of coverts of the wings, 

 and the lefler row of quil feathers tipt with white : 

 the tail is dufky ; the belly of a deep brown, mark- 

 ed obfcurely with black. One I weighed was 

 three pounds and a half. 



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Female. 



Anas nigra, roftro nigro rubro Faun. Suec. /p. 109. 



etluteo. Aldr. av. III. 97. Gunner. Tab. V. 

 The black Duck. WH orn. 



363. 

 Raizjyn. a<v. 141. 

 Dale's hiji. Harwich, 405. 

 Turpan. N. Com. Petr. IV. 



420 



272. Velvet, 



Incolis Chrijiianfoe Svccrte . 

 Nornjegis Soe-Orre, Hav- 

 Orre v. Sav-Orre, quibuf- 

 dam Sorte. Brunnich, 48. 



Nordifche fchwartze Ente. 

 Frifcb, II. 165. SupL 



La grande Macreufe. Brijfon Br. Z00L 152. Scopoli, No P 



a<v. VI. 423. 6S, 



Anas fufca. Lin.fyjl. 190. 



THE male of this fpecies is larger than the 

 tame duck. The bill is broad and fhort, Descrip. 

 yellow on the fides, black in the middle, and the 

 hook red : the head, and part of the neck is black 

 tinged with green : behind each ear is a white 



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