100 
Inhabits Southern Africa, and was brought to England by Dr. A. — 
Smith, to whom we are indebted for permission to take the above 
description. 
CARINA MOSCHATA. 
Car.—Niger, ptilis albis. 
MUSK DUCK. 
Black, with the coverts white. 
IN. IN. IN. 
Fength...... 323 Bidis ives 22 LUPS seating 23 
Glossy black, with the wing coverts white; the bill in the male 
carunculated, less so in the female; legs black; caruncle red. In a 
domesticated state a greater or less quantity of white feathers make 
their appearance. 
ANAS MOSCRAGD cas ervedicoevse ous Linn. Syst. 1. 199. 
Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 515. 
Anas Sylvestris Braziliensis... Rati, Syn. 148, 150. 
Caring Sy lest sts svc ianst.atecgees Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 78. 
PFUCREN onc con ccasse puck eee tone ten Linn. Trans. vol. 4, tab. 14, 
fig. 1, 2, and tab. 16, fig. 
56; vol. 15, tab.15, fig. a. 
Supposed to have been originally natives of South America, but 
have now been domesticated in many parts of the world. In the tame 
varieties many of the feathers are white. 
MICROPTERUS PATACHONICUS. 
Mie.—Cinereus ; subtus et macula post oculari albis. 
PATAGONIAN MICROPTERUS. 
Cinereus micropterus; below and with a patch behind the eye - 
white. 
IN. IN. 
DERG GG studies etka cha , 24 Vnner 106-05 Sccbekawes 24 
515 fre Na eles PE ON 2 Outer COC rs Mvevesssvecs 3 
LGUESY Wee vag ccc westoeres 22 Hind toe ...., sasebaane’ 1 
Dark. grey, with the edges of the fouthers on the flanks, head, 
back, wing coverts, and breast light chocolate; lower part of the 
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