69 
IN. : 
Length... 23 Bille. LE LAP St. .000. 13 
Male: has a cream-coloured patch extending from the culmen of 
the bill to the crown; behind the eye a green patch extending to the 
occiput ; remainder of the head and neck cream-colour, blotched and 
dotted with black; breast vinaceous, the edges of the feathers 
lightest; back grey, narrowly barred with black and cream-colour ; 
wing coverts and abdomen white; under tail coverts black; quills 
and tail grey; tertiaries grey, with the outer webs black, edged with 
cream-colour ; bill lead-colour, tipped with black; legs reddish; two 
centre tail feathers elongated. 
Fem.: with the upper surface brown; each feather edged with 
lighter; without the green on the head, and rather smaller than the 
male. 
ANAS AMERICONG ccs. vercclatsewes Gmel. Syst. 1. 526. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 861. 
American Widgeon ..s.....000 Penn. Arect. Zool. 2. 502. 
. Wils. Am. Orn. p. 86, pl. 69, 
+ 
f. 4. 
Mareca Americana  ......0.000 Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 185. 
‘Inhabits, America, the West Indies, and Cayenne, frequenting 
inland lakes and rivers, as well as the sea coast; breeds in the northern 
part of America in swamps, laying six or eight eggs. This bird is 
curious, as presenting a connecting link between the widgeon and 
pintail. The billis that of the former, and the two elongated tail 
feathers show an affinity to the latter. 
MARECA CHILOENSIS. 
Mar.—Fronte genis pteromatibus subtusque albis, striga post 
occulari purpurescente-znea. 
CHILOE WIDGEON. 
Widgeon, with the forehead, cheeks, wing coverts, and under 
surface white ; a post occular streak eeneous-purple. 
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