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ish-brown. The sides and flanks, white, indistinctly- 

 marked with brownish bars. The tail is grayish- 

 brown ; the bill and feet red. There is a full, soft crest 

 on the crown of the head. Length, 22 inches; wing, 

 10 inches. 



The female has much less crest than the male, and it 

 is brown. The rest of the head and neck, and the lower 

 parts, generally, are pale ashy, darker on the breast and 

 sides. The upper parts are grayish-brown. Those por- 

 tions that are white in the male are faintly marked in 

 the female, or do not show at all. The speculum is 

 white, as in the male, but much duller. 



This is an Old World species, very doubtfully at- 

 tributed to North America. It may be questioned 

 whether it has ever been seen here in life by an orni- 

 thologist, but specimens have been found in the New 

 York markets for sale, with other ducks which were 

 known to have been killed near that city. No sports- 

 man is likely to meet with it, but it is introduced here to 

 complete the list of North American ducks. 



