56 WATER FOWL. 



nostrils, livid blue. Legs and feet, bright orange yellow (Nel- 

 son). Total length, 26 inches; wing, 141-15^; tarsus, 2y%; cul- 

 men, i-^^. 



Young. — Similar to the adult, but with the head and neck, 

 brownish black; the feathers on top of the head, speckled with 

 white. 



