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tipped with black. The primaries and 

 their coverts are black. The outer 

 secondaries are metallic green or coppery 

 bronze on the outer, largely white on the 

 inner, web. A few of the secondaries 

 next the inner side of the speculum, are 

 chestnut on the outer web, with an inner 

 black margin, and white on the inner 

 web. The inner secondaries are entirely 

 white. Immediately after the moult, the 

 chestnut feathers of the plumage are all 

 margined paler. These margins get worn 

 away after some time. 



The adult female resembles the adult 

 male, but has the chestnut parts of the 

 body-plumage of a dull tint, each feather 

 mottled or undulated with black, and 

 narrowly edged with white. The dark 

 portion of the lower plumage is brown 

 instead of black; and the inner secondaries 

 are ashy. 



The duckling, on moulting into first 

 plumage, about November, has the head 

 and upper neck dark brown, with the 

 cheeks, and a space all round the bill, 

 white. The remaining body-plumage is 

 pure white, except a broad band covering 

 the lower portion of the mantle and 

 the sides of the breast, which is pale 

 chestnut, the feathers undulated with 



