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ANATID.E. 



covered by the scapulars, both of which are dark brown, with 

 a ffrecnish tino-e. The legs are dark coloured ; the toes 

 largely webbed, and the webs black. At the bend of the 

 wing is a blunt knob. Beneath, on the sides of the vent, are 

 the rudiments of a bar of mottled feathers, and the feathers 

 of the thighs, and some of the vent feathers are lighter than 

 those of the rest of the body." 



The male is distinguished from the female in having a 

 black collar round the neck, from which circumstance it has 

 been called the Collared Duck ; it has also been called the 

 Ruddy Goose. 



Bewick has figured the female ; I have therefore purposely 

 given the figure of a male. 



This species is very rarely found at sea. 



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