324 FEATHERED GAME 



not more than four hundred yards from the 

 open ocean, placed at the end of a rocky cape 

 that projects far out into the sea, and because 

 of this situation it is a noted stopping place for 

 wildfowl of all kinds. 



The drake in his breeding dress is attired 

 thus: head and crest dark green, irridescent 

 with changeable purple hues; a fine line of 

 white from bill above the eye to the back of the 

 head; another from the eye to the nape; an 

 area of white on the chin and throat, spreading 

 on each side of the head and dividing, one 

 branch going upward behind the eye, the other 

 almost meeting its fellow on the other side, thus 

 nearly encircling the neck. The dark colors of 

 the head and crest running down the back of 

 the neck into the dark brownish green and pur- 

 plish tinges of the back. Speculum green. 

 Scapulars glossy black, purplish and green with 

 the change of view point; primaries purplish, 

 whitening on the outer webs near the tips. 

 Rump and tail coverts glossy black. Some long 

 plumes of deep crimson shade at the sides of the 

 base of the tail. The lower throat and breast 

 deep purplish chestnut, growing paler as it 

 merges into the white of the under parts, and 



