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Slaty-brown duck, above with the edges of the feathers narrowly 
margined with lighter, below broadly; wing-spot brassy green, sur- 
rounded anteriorly and posteriorly with a narrow streak of black, 
superiorly with one of the same colour, formed by the outer webs of 
the tertiaries, beyond the black streak posteriorly and anteriorly a 
narrow one of white; tail feathers pointed, slightly edged with light 
brown ; bill yellow, with a black patch covering the nostrils; nail 
black; legs and feet brownish lead-colour. 
ATUES JUAUITOSET US. s veie ns os dceaseos' Smith, Cat. S. Afric. Dus. 
This new species is an inhabitant of the neighbourhood of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Specimens are in the South African Museum, 
and in the collection of the Zoological Society. 
ANAS SPARSA. 
An.—Brunnea, scapularibus remigibusque interioribus tribus vel 
duobus transversis ct fasciis ferrugineis ornatis. 
SPECKLED DUCK. 
Brown duck, with the scapulars and tertiaries banded with three 
or four transverse fascie. 
: IN. IN. 
PGE, vod eks Lorna, jae) nO LGU BR ia ha oe ap oS awe 
NUE Gorgatascclassb tastes = 3 Middle t0€ sc. ...ccce0s.0e oe 
Deep sepia brown duck, with the fore part of the neck and throat 
lighter, but thickly and minutely spotted with deep brown; scapulars 
and upper tertiaries each with one, two, or three bands of buff—on 
the former interrupted by the shaft and a small space on each side, 
which are of the same colour as the greater portion of the plumage, 
and on the latter merely extending over the outer webs; wing-spot 
bright metallic green, bounded posteriorly and anteriorly first with a 
band of black, then with one of white; tail and tail coverts marked 
as the scapulars, but more obscurely; bill lead-coloured ; legs and 
feet orange, with the webs dusky. 
ANAS LDATSE shen cesensscasadsei yee Smith, Cat. S. Afric. Mus. 
South Afric. Zool. t. 97. 
ANAS LEUCOSLIGMA vresierereveees Rupp. Vogel. Nord. Oist. 
Afric. t. 48. 
