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nino, in his latest list, on the other hand, considers 

 the birds of the two continents identical. 



Mr. Yarrell, a few winters since, procured a bird 

 in the Leadenhall market, through the kindness of 

 his friend Mr. Doubleday, which it is possible may 

 turn out to be the same with the small American 

 variety; of this he has given a wood-cut with a 

 description, the latter of which we have used the 

 liberty of copying. " The bill is blue, equal in 

 breadth throughout, the sides being parallel; the 

 irides yellow ; head, cheeks, and upper parts of the 

 neck, all round, rich Orleans plum- colour, but with 

 more of red than purple ; lower parts of the neck, 

 and upper parts of -the breast, jet black ; all the 

 back, scapulars, small wing-coverts, and tertials, one 

 uniform tint, produced by fine black transverse lines 

 on a ground colour of greyish white ; greater wing- 

 coverts black ; wing primaries brownish black ; se- 

 condaries white, forming the speculum, and tipped 

 with black; rump and upper tail-coverts nearly 

 black, tail feathers dark brownish black ; the sides 

 below the wings, and the flanks, covered with fine 

 grey lines, on a ground of white ; lower part of the 

 breast and belly mottled with pale greyish brown 

 and white ; vent dark grey, almost as black as the 

 under tail-coverts ; feet like the beak, much smaller 

 than those parts in the true scaup, and darker in 

 colour, being of a more uniform bluish black.*' 



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THE TUFTED POCHARD, FULIGULA CRISTATA. 

 Anas fuUgula, Linn. Anas cristata, Ray. Car 



