

MOTTLED DUCK. 



Anas fidvigula maculosa (Senn.). 



The mottled duck resembles the Florida duck in the 

 characters given above, except that the cheeks are 

 streaked instead of plain, the speculum violet instead of 

 green and the general coloration rather darker — mot- 

 tled rather than streaked. It is described by Mr. G. B. 

 Sennett as follows : Top of head blackish-brown, mar- 

 gined with very pale bufif. Chin and throat Isabella 

 color. Cheeks, bujfify white, with narrow streaks of 

 dark brown. Feathers of breast, wings, upper parts 

 and flanks blackish-brown, margined with pale buff. 

 Under parts buffy white, each feather with a broad 



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