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WOOD DUCK. 



'Aix sponsa (Linn.). 



The adult male has the head and long thick crest rich 

 green and purple, with brilliant metallic reflections. A 

 narrow line of white starts from the upper angle of the 

 bill, passing over the eye, and continuing down into 

 the crest. Another wider line starts behind the eye and 

 runs down into the under part of the crest. The throat 

 and upper neck are white, sending out two branches, 

 one up behind the eye, another back behind the head, 

 partly enclosing the violet black of the lower back of the 

 head. The lower neck and breast are rich chestnut 

 glossed with purple, dotted in front with triangular 



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