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and legs brown. But just after the breeding 
season he loses his finery, like the mallard 
(see Part I, p.92),and moults to sombre hues. 
The females are merely brown and black, 
Pr1aTE LVIII: ‘The male wigeon has very fine plum- 
age.’ ($ size.) 
with the under part of the body white, as was 
the case with the bird I had seen. 
I found the nest on July 1, which is late 
for a duck’s nest, though they occasionally 
