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FULVOUS-BELLIED TREE DUCK. 



Dendrocygna fulva (Gmel.). 



The brown tree duck is a more northerly species than 

 the preceding, and is found in Mexico and northward 

 through parts of California and Nevada, as well as in 

 Texas and Louisiana. The head, neck and lower parts 

 are deep reddish-yellow, darkest on top of head, and 

 changing to reddish on the flanks, the longer feathers 

 being streaked with pale yellow ; middle of neck whitish 

 obscurely streaked with black. A distinct black stripe 

 runs from the head down the hind part of the neck. 

 The upper parts are brownish-black, the feathers of the 

 wing being tipped with chestnut. The upper tail cov- 



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