L 4.3 ] 



YjT (Anseres. 



* [Webbed-footed. Faun. Am, Sept. 



29. Anas, [44. Marila. 196. 8. Scaup Duck. Br. 

 Duck, I Zool. Faun. Am. Sept. 1 7. 



Severn River, N° 44 and 45. Fishing Ducks. 



Linneus's description, and the figure in the Br. 

 Zoology, foHo, plate Q. p. 153, agree per- 

 fe6lly well with the specimens. The female, 

 as Linneus observes, is quite brown, the breast 

 and upper part of the back being of a glossy 

 reddish brown ; the speculum of the wing 

 and the belly are white. The eyes of the 

 male have very bright yellow irides ; those 

 of the female are of a faint dirty yellow. 

 The female is two ounces heavier than the 

 male, which . weighs one pound and a half, 

 Is 16^ Inches long, and 20 inches broad. 



Anas. 45. Nivalis. Snow Goose. Faun. Am. Sept. 

 p. 16. Lawson's Carolina. Anser niveus Briss. 

 VI. 288. Klein. Anser nivis. Schwenkfeld, Mar- 

 sigli. Danub. p. 802. t. 49. 



Severn River, N° 40, and a young one, N° 41. white 

 Goose. 



These white geese are very numerous at Hud- 

 son's Bay, many thousands being annually 

 killed with the gun, for the use of the set- 

 tlements. They are usually shot whilst on 

 the wing, the Indians being very expert at 

 that exercise, which they learn from their 

 youth ; they weigh five or six pounds, are 



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