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Widgeon, with the forehead, cheeks, abdomen, breast, upper and. 
under wing coverts, and upper tail coverts white; a streak from the 
eye to the occiput brassy purple; neck, remainder of the head, lower 
part of the back, and numerous transverse bars across the breast 
dark-brown; tertiaries and scapulars also dark-brown; with the 
edges of the feathers white; quills light brown; speculum velvet 
black; flanks white, clouded with ferruginous; tail brown; legs, 
feet, and bill brown. 
Anas Chiloensis, King ......... Zool. Proc. 1881. 15. 
Inhabits the Island of Chiloe. We have also received specimens 
from Cayenne. 
MARECA FISTULARIS. 
Mar. Mas.—Vertice flavo; capite cristaque castaneis. 
Mar. Fem.—Brunnea, marginibus pennarum suturatioribus. 
WIDGEON. 
Male, crown cream-coloured; head crested chestnut. 
Fem., brown, with the edges of the feathers lighter. 
IN. IN. IN. 
Length...... 20 Butane 4 LOPS#, bs00 henge 
Widgeon, with the crown cream-coloured; cheeks, throat, and 
neck chestnut, occasionally spotted with black; breast vinaceous; 
back white, each feather minutely barred and waved with dark-grey ; 
flanks the same; belly white; under tail coverts black; speculum 
metallic green, bounded by black; wing coverts white; remainder of 
the quills and coverts grey; bill lead-coloured; legs and feet black. 
Fem.: with the back fuscous grey, the edges of the feathers 
lighter; head and neck fuscous, spotted with black; below white; 
remainder as in the male. 
M areca fistnlaris, i. eeccgtes Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 181. 
ANOS JISCULATIS | seis ce'secuives cite Briss. Orn. 6. 391, p. 35.7.2. 
PENCLOPE .varicee scvcsressacs LINN: SYSti 1202. 
Gmel. Syst. 1. 527. 
Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 860. 
