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QUERQUEDULA ACUTA. PINTAIL TEAL. 



PINTAIL DUCK. WINTER DUCK. 



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FiQ. 63. 



Anas acuta. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 202. 



Anas acuta. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 864. 



Pintail Duck. Mont. Orn. Diet, and Supplt. 



Canard a longue queue ou Pilet. Anas acuta. Temm. Man. d'Orn. II. 839. 



Common Pintail. Querquedula acuta. Selb. Ilust. II. 311. 



Anas acuta. Pintail. Jen. Brit. Vert. Anim. 232. 



Dafila acuta. Bonap. Comp. List, 56. 



Male with the hill two inches and two-twelfths long, ni?ie- 

 twelfths hroad toward the end, black, with the sides toioardthe 

 base light blue; scapidars and inner secondaries elongated and 

 acuminate; middle tail-feathers long, and tapering to a fine 

 point; head and throat dusky broion ; a longitudinal band of 

 greenish-black on the hind neck, and two ichite bands continu- 

 ous with the white of the lower parts ; back and sides finely 

 undidated with grey and white; smaller wing-coverts grey ; 



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