FLORIDA DUCK. ll<j 



Color, adult. Head (darker wi top and iKcoming lighter on sides and below^ and entire lower parts, 

 cinnamon red. Middle of neck surrounded with a broad ring ofwiiitisli, streaked with dusky. Back, wings 

 and tail, and stripe down midelle of neck behind, dark brown, with the shoulders, dark cinnamon, and the 

 feathers of the upper back are rather broadly margined with this same color. The long feathers on the sides 

 and flanks are broadly centrally streaked with creamy white, that is edged with dark brown. Upper and 

 under tail coverts, creamy white. Bill and feet, blackish. Sexes, similar. 



DIMENSIONS. 

 Length, 22.00 ; wing, 0.00 : tail, 2.2r» ; bill, 1.80 : tarsus, 2.01) ; middle toe, 3.25. 



OBSEKVATIONS. 



Readily known from the Black-billed Tree Duck by the absence of any black on the lower surface of the 

 body below, and from the Bahama Tree Duck by the absence of brown inottlings on these parts. 



DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND EGGS. 



Nests, placed in hollow trees, composed of the usual material. Eggs, ten to fifteen in number, 

 elliptical in form. Color, white with a greenish tinge. 1.50 by 2.00 to l.CO by 2.30. 



HABITS. 

 The only claim that the Fulviis Tree Duck has to our fauna it^ on account of the 

 accidental occurence of a specimen in Louisiana many years ago. 1 ha\^e never seen a 

 specimen living and know nothing about its habits. The West Indiam Tree Duck, 

 Dendroc}gua arborea, inhabits wooded ponds or swamps and when distiu-bed will take 

 refuge m thickets, often on tixe upland. Tlie home of the Fulvus Tree Duck is in the 

 Southwestern portion of North America. 



ANAS FULVIGULA. 

 Florida Duck. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Cu. Size, smaller than the Dusky Duck, Anas obscura, with a less number of tail feathers. 



Color. Much more yellowish in color than in the Dusky Duck, with longitudinal streaks of yellowish 

 in the feathers above, and with V-shaped markings of yellowish on the tail. Chin and throat, clear yellowish. 

 Bill, greenish. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Length, 21.00 to 22.00: stretch, 33.00 to 34.00 ; wing, 10.00 to 10.50 ; tail, 4.00 to 4.15 ; bill, 2.00 to 

 2.15; tarsus, 1.65 to 1.75. 



NESTS AND EGGS. 



Nests, placed on the ground, composed of grass, weeds, etc. E(;gs, elliptical in form, six to tt'n in 

 numbei", greenish in color. Dimensions, 1.35 by 225 to 1.70 by 2.30. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This species may be readily known from Anas obscura by the yellowish color, longitudinal stripes in the 

 feathers above, and V-shaped marks on the tail. It occurs in central and .southern Florida from about the 

 latitude of the northern end of Indian River southward to the tcrminationof the main laud. 



