AMERICAN WIDGEON, BALD-PATE. 



"Anas mnericana Gmel. 



The male bald-pate has the forehead and crown of the 

 head white, margined on either side from the eyes to 

 the back of the head by a broad band of metallic green, 

 the two bands meeting behind and sometimes run- 

 ning a little way down the neck. The head in front of 

 the eyes and the sides and upper neck are white, thickly 

 dotted with black. The throat is nearly white; the 

 lower neck, fore-breast, back and sides lavender or 

 purplish-gray, sometimes quite rich. The feathers of 

 the sides are cross-barred with fine lines of black ; the 

 back is finely waved with lines of paler, changing to 



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