AMERICAN WIDOEON. 207 



I VIS, 



eluding thfi unguis and a portion of tlio maigi 

 l.lack. Ins ha/.cl. Feet light l.luish-gray, the 

 „.'l,s .larker, Ui<. -laws dusky. Th<. upper part 

 of the head is while, more or less mottled with 

 dusky on its sides; the loral space and cheeks 

 reddish-white, dotted with greenish-hlack ; a broad 

 band from the eye to behind the occiput deep- 

 green The lower part of the hind neek, the 

 scapulars, and the f..rc part of the back are 

 xninutely transvers.dy undulated with brownish- 

 black and light brownish-red; the hind part 

 sin.ihu-ly undulated with blackish-brown and gray- 

 ish-white. The smaller wing-coverts arc brownish- 

 gray; the primary quills and coverts dark gray- 

 ish-brown; the secondary coverts white, tipped 

 with black. The sp.,culum is duck-green anteri- 

 orly bounded by the black tips of the second- 

 ary coverts. The tail feathers are light brownish- 

 gray. The throat is br.,w«ish-black ; the lower 

 part of the neck in front and the fore part of 

 the breast light brownish-red; the breast, belly, 

 and sides of the rump white; the sides of the 

 body finely undulated with white and dusky ; the 

 rump beneath and the lower tail-coverts black. 



Length to end of tail, 20^ inches; extent of 

 wings, Ml ; weight, 1 pound 14 ounces. 



