122 BIRDS. PALMIPIDES. Tadorna. 



Quills dusky. Tail of 1 4 feathers, clusk\y. Fenmle^ with the head, neck, and 

 breast brown, mixed with white round the eyes and throat. Young like the 

 female. The black colour on the breast of the young males does not make 

 its appearance during the first year. 



183. N. Marila. Scaup. Bill blue ; legs grey. Irides yel- 

 low. Wing-spot white. 



The Scaup Duck, Will. Orn. 279 — Anas marila, Linn. Syst i.' 196 — 

 Penn. Brit. ZooL ii. 586. Temm. Om. ii. 856. — (Trachea, Linn. 

 Trans, iv. tab. xiv. f. 3, 4.) — £', Spoonbill Duck ; PF, Llygad arian, — 

 A mnter visitant of the sea-coast and lakes. 

 Length 17 inches ; weight 25 ounces. Head, neck, upper part of the back, 

 rump, vent, and breast black, the two former with a green gloss ; back, wing- 

 covers, and sides, white, variegated with black. Belly white. Quills dusky, 

 the secondaries white, tipped with black, tail pointed, of 16 feathers. Female^ 

 having the black replaced by brown, with a broad white band round the base 

 of the bill. In this state it is the Anas frcenata of Sparman, and the White- 

 faced Duck of Sowerby, Brit. Misc. Ixii. The young males resemble the fe- 

 male, and have a few white feathers at the base of the bill. The young fe- 

 males have little white or grey on the back. 



184. N. Fuligtila. Tufted Duck.— Bill and legs blue. Iri- 

 des yellow. Wing-spot white. 



Anas Fuligula, Will. Orn. 280. Linn. Syst. i. 207- Penn. Brit. Zooh ii. 



585. Temm. Orn. ii. 873. — A winter visitant of our sea-coasts and 



lakes. 

 Length 17 inches ; weight 25 ounces. Nail of the bill black. Head, with 

 a pendent crest. The head, neck, and upper pai-ts of the body, black, with a 

 green and violet gloss, the back with specks of grey ; belly white ; thighs 

 and vent black. Quills dusky, the middle of the secondaries white. Tail 

 cuneiform, of 14 feathers. Female with the plumage less distinctly marked. 

 The young want the crest, and have the front white — In England its visits 

 are regular ; but in Orkney and Zetland it only appears after severe, stormy 

 weather. 



As a domesticated species, the Carina moschata, Anas mos. Linn. Syst.i. 199. 

 (Trachea, Linn. Trans, iv. tab. xiv. f. 1, 2. tab. xvi. f. 5, 6.), or Musk Duck, here 

 merits a place. It is a native of tropical countries, yet it thrives in Britain, 

 lays many eggs, and its flesh is good. The drakes, however, are fierce, and 

 often injure the other poultry. The musky smell is connected with the fea- 

 thers only, and has given rise to the name. 



Gen. LXXXV. TADORNA. Sheldrake.— Bill broad at 

 the end, hollow in the middle, and raised into a tubercle 

 at the base. 



185. T. Vidpanser. Common Sheldrake. — Bill and legs 

 red ; nail of the bill and nostrils black. 



T. Bellonii, Vulpanser quibusdam, WilL Orn. 278. — Skeeling-goose, Sibb. 



Scot. 21 Anas Tadorna, Linn. Syst.i, 195. — Penn. Brit. ZooL ii. 689. 



Temm. ii. 833 (Trachea, Linn. Trans, iv. tab. xv. f. 8, 9.) — £, Bur- 

 row Duck, Bargander, Pirennet ; S^ Stockannet, Sly-goose. 

 Length 2, breadth 3^ feet ; weight 2f pounds. Head and neck dark 

 glossy gi-een. Lower part of the neck next to the breast, back, rump, and 



