No. 9. 



Anas strepera. 



Adult male. Head and neck pale buff gray, freckled with 

 grayish brown ; crown and hind neck darker ; lower neck and 

 breast dark slaty -brown, with scale pattern of nearly white 



lines. Union between lighter neck and darker plumage beneath 

 commonly more or less abrupt, and sometimes at this juncture 

 there is a well-defined black ring ; this ring, though seldom per- 

 fect, is found in various stages of imperfection.* Belly white, 



* I have found this ring nicely developed upon three or four different 



