6o 4 G A R G A N E Y. Class IL 



and fiat; the head, and upper part of the neck, are 

 of a rcddilh brown, fpotted with black ; the lower 

 part, the bread, the upper part of the back, and 

 the fcapulars, are beautifully marked with black 

 and white lines ; the belly is of a dirty white ; 

 the rump above and below is black ; the tail afli 

 colored, edged with white; the coverts on the ridge 

 of the wing are of a pale reddifh brown ; thofe 

 beneath are of purplifh red, the lowed of a deep 

 black: the greater quil-feathers are duilcv : the 

 inner web of three of the lefTer quil-feathers are 

 white; which forms a confpicuous fpot; the legs 

 are orange colored. The bread of the female is 

 of a reddifh brown, fpotted with black : the back 

 of the fame color ; and though it has the fame 

 marks on the wings, they are far inferior in bright- 

 nefs to thofe of the male. 



? 9 Garga- LaSarcelle Belona-v. 175. Krickantl. Kram. w . 



K£Y ' Qi'erquedula vana. Gejhcr Anas Querquedula. Lin. fv/i 



a<v. 107. 203> ? "J ' 



Scavolo, Cercevolo, Garga- Faun. Suec. fp i 2 8 



nello. JUr. av. III. 8 9 , 90. Kriech-Ente. Frifeb, II. I7 6 



Querquedula prima Aldr. Saur-And. Br unmet 81 



Ranfjnw 148*. S r. Zool 158. Sertoli, No. 



La Sarceile. Brijfgn av. VI. 7 $. 

 427. tab. 39. 



^jpHE length of this fpecies is feventeen in- 

 ches ; the extent twenty-eight. The bill is 



of 



* Mr. Ray, in his^*. av. 147. defcribes a duck under the 

 name of Pbafias 5 in Yorkjbirt it is called the widgeon: he 



fays, 



Descrip, 



