No. 8. 

 Anas americana. 



Adult male. Forehead and crown white, or nearly so ; re- 

 mainder of head, with upper neck, pale buff, profusely speckled 

 with black or greenish black ; a large patch of glossy green 

 beginning at the eye and sweeping backward ; the speckling of 

 head breaking into this green, or blending with it to greater or 

 less extent ; the throat nearly plain buff, though dusky immedi- 





ately back of bill; lower neck (all around), sides of body, and 

 shoulder feathers light brownish red, with more or less pinkish 

 cast ; this color almost uniform about front and sides of neck, 

 waved with dusky lines on sides of body, more grayish and 

 waved also with dusky lines at back of neck and on the shoul- 

 der feathers. Back gray, waved minutely and obscurely with 



