

GADWALL. 



Anas sirepera Linn. 



The general colors of the gadwall duck are gray, 

 most of the feathers being nearly white, crossed by nar- 

 row bars of black or blackish brown. In the adult male 

 the head and neck are pale brownish-white, thickly 

 speckled with black or blackish-brown. The top of the 

 head and back of neck are often rusty brown and the 

 throat is yellowish, sometimes dotted with brown. The 

 breast and back are buff, or nearly white, marked with 

 dark slate brown or even black bars. The back, scap- 

 ular feathers and sides, white, with cross bars of black ; 

 the lower part of the back still darker, changing to ab- 

 solute black on the upper tail-coverts. The long scap- 



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