Class II. LONG TAILED DUCK. 599 



cy, tells us that thefe birds are found in great abun- 

 dance in Connaugbt in Ireland, in the month of Fe- 

 bruary only ; and that they are much efteemed for 

 their delicacy. 



WiL orn. 364. Nor-vegis Ungle, Angeltaffce 283. Long 

 Raiifyn av. 145. v. Troefoerer. Feroenfibus tailed. 



Long tailed Duck. Echv. av. Oedel. Ijlandis Ha-Ella v. 



J 80. Ha- Old. Incolis Cbrifti an/be 



Le Canard a longue queue GadiiTen, Klaefhahn Dyk- 



d'Mande. Brtffbn av. VI. ker. Brunnicb, 75, 76. 



379. Br. Zool. 156. Scopoii, No. 

 Anas glacialis. Lin.JyJi. 203. 74. 



THIS is inferior in fize to the former. The bill Descrj?, 

 is fhort, black at the tip and bafe, orange co- 

 lored in the middle ; the cheeks are of a pale brown : 

 the hind part of the head, and the neck both before 

 and behind are white ; the fides of the upper part 

 of the neck are marked with a large dufky bar, 

 pointing downwards \ the bread and back are of a 

 deep chocolate color ; the fcapulars are white, 

 long, narrow, and fharp pointed. The coverts 

 of the wings, and greater quil feathers dufky ; 

 the lefler of a reddifh brown : the belly white : 

 the four middle feathers of the tail are black; and 

 two of them near four inches longer than the o- 

 thers, which are white: the legs dufky. Thefe 

 birds breed in the mod northern parts of the world, 

 and only vifit our coafts in the fevered winters. 



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