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in the Edinburgh markets*; but since the importa- 

 tion of wild fowl from the Continent, these could 

 not be depended on as procured in Britain. 



In North America it is found along the whole of 

 the Atlantic coast from Eastport in Maine to Texas, 

 and is supposed to breed in the latter country. 

 The migration also extends to the fur countries.* 

 It is mentioned by Colonel Sykes among the birds 

 of the Deccan, and by Mr. Jerdon, as by no means 

 rare on the peninsula, but found only in the cold 

 season. 



Head and neck yellowish brown, thickly mottled 

 over with brownish black, and on the crown and 

 back of the head glossed with green ; 4ower parts of 

 the neck and breast black, each feather having a 

 series of crescented white lines, on the lower parts 

 becoming gradually broader, so that there they ap- 

 pear spotted, before shading into the greyish white 

 which covers the centre of the belly. The same 

 white wavings are continued a short way down the 

 upper part of the back, but the centre of the back in 

 our specimens is brownish black, the feathers broadly 

 edged with yellowish brown, and intermixed with 

 feathers nearly black with white wavy bases similar 

 to those of the teal ; the scapulars are of the same 

 colours, the outer webs waved with black and 

 white ; the rump, upper and under tail-covers, and 

 sides of the tail, black, tinted with green, and when 

 the tail is closed the latter almost conceal it ; the 

 tail itself is hair-brown edged with yellowish white ; 

 * Aud. vol. iv. 



