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and- the neck are chestnut-brown, the 

 crown somewhat darker and tinged with 

 grey. The whole upper plumage, the 

 tail, the first and second series of upper 

 wing-coverts, and the scapulars are grey, 

 each feather with a black shaft. The 

 whole lower plumage is white ; the sides 

 of the breast and of the body more or 

 less grey, freckled in places with white. 

 The under wing-coverts and the axillaries 

 are white. The last series of the upper 

 wing-coverts are white with concealed 

 ashy brown bases. The primaries and 

 the outer secondaries resemble those of 

 the male, and there is the same white 

 speculum. The inner long secondaries 

 are ashy grey with dark brown margins. 



Ducklings change into a plumage very 

 closely resembling that of the adult female, 

 and the crest seems to be fully developed 

 from the very first. 



Young males commence to acquire the 

 adult plumage about February, and the 

 change goes on throughout the spring. 

 The parts first affected are the back and 

 the throat, which turn black by a change 

 of colour in the feather. The wings 

 probably remain unaltered till the autumn 

 moult. 



The male is considerably larger than 



