BLACK-BELLIED TREE DUCK. 



Dendrocygna autumnalis (Linn.). 



The neck, back and breast are cinnamon-brown, the 

 forehead somewhat paler. Sides of head, throat and 

 upper neck yellowish-gray. At the back of the head a 

 black strip begins, which runs down the back of the 

 neck. The middle of the back, rump, upper tail coverts, 

 belly, flanks and under wing coverts are black ; the ^'ing 

 coverts are yellowish, fading into ashy and grayish- 

 white on the greater coverts. When it is closed the 

 wing thus shows a white strip for nearly its whole 

 length. The tail is blackish-brown, and the under parts 



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