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PACILONITTA BAHAMENSIS. 
Pee.—Gutture albo; speculo violaceo utrinque subflavo marginato ; 
rostro duabus coccineis maculis lateribus. 
BAHAMA MARBLED DUCK. 
Throat white; wing-spot metallic violet, bounded on each side by 
a streak of buff; the bill with two red markings on the sides. 
LONGUE Sess Rasen e ds 183 TOPS AGS: cans Meeews . 
SP MLEt vec aca'stip odvy ae ales ago 3 Middle toe 2 
Bill lead-coloured, lighter on the sides; tail and back brown, 
edged with lighter; crown immaculate sepia brown; breast grey, 
spotted with brown; wing-spot metallic violet, bounded anteriorly 
with a narrow stripe of buff, posteriorly with a broad one; legs and 
bill fuscous, the latter with a triangular patch of red on each side 
behind the nostrils. 
Sexes similar. 
In the young bird the bill is reddish brown. 
Anas BahamMensts ...cccccosseere Linn. Syst. 1. 199. 
Gmel. Syst. 1. 516. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 835. 
AUG thera Duck cose ésiure con icvese Catesh. Carol. 1. pl. 63. 
Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. pl. 95. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 507. 
Mareca Bahamensis ........+4. Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 187. 
BG VIL, ae nee pant slurs digit suse JATtEly « 
Inhabits Brazil and the Bahamas. 
MARECA AMERICANA. 
Mar. Mas.—Speculo viridi, utrinque atro marginato, et fascia 
lata viridi post occulari. 
Mar. Fem.—Brunnea, marginibus pennarum suturatioribus. 
AMERICAN WIDGEON. | 
Mas. speculum metallic green, broadly bounded on each side by — 
ack; a broad fascia of green behind the eye. 
Fem. brown, the edges of each feather lighter. 
