384 FEATHERED GAME 



rump are white, shot on the sides and back of 

 the head with pale green, — a beautiful, satiny- 

 shade, — and tinged on the breast with pale 

 russet brown. These delicate colors fade very- 

 much in stuffed specimens. The entire under 

 parts, rump, tail and wing quills are jet 

 black. Iris brown. Feet and legs dark green. 

 The feet are a very generously constructed pair 

 of paddles, set well back on the body as an ad- 

 vantage in diving, of much larger proportions 

 than seem the fashion with the ducks of the 

 fresh water, and though perhaps less refined 

 in appearance than the water motors of the 

 aristocrats of the shallow ponds, will do more 

 work in one stroke than will theirs in three. 

 Frontal processes a rich yellowish green or 

 orange. 



The female is widely different in her mark- 

 ings from her mate, and would scarcely be 

 thought one of the same species. She is a deep 

 reddish brown hue all over, somewhat dusky on 

 the lower parts, and everywhere mottled and 

 barred with rich dark brown and black; the 

 dark colors on the centres of the feathers above, 

 and the cross-barrings mainly on the flanks and 

 under parts. 



