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breast by conspicuous white and black bar ; the feathers cover- 

 ing flanks barred at their ends with white and black, and a patch 

 of purplish chestnut at either side of rump. Upper parts gener- 

 ally dark, of brownish and brownish gray tone, varied with vel- 

 vet black, brightened with greenish bronze ; the wings broadly 

 glossed here and there with purplish blue and other iridescence, 

 and narrowly edged behind (on ends of the broad blunt feath- 

 ers) with white ; hairy filaments, varying in tint, at either side 

 of tail. Bill, with ridge, tip, and under part, black ; its sides 

 red near head, and whitish farther forward. Eyes red. Legs 

 yellow. 



Female. A rather quietly attired, principally grayish and 



No. 12. Female. 



slaty -brown duck, though with considerable iridescence. Bill 

 dusky ; a narrow edging of white next it. Crest slight and 

 scarcely noticeable. Throat, patch around eye, and the belly, 

 white. Breast tan brown, streakily marked with pale buff; 

 sides also brown, with spots of dull white. Legs yellowish 

 brown. 



Length eighteen to nineteen inches ; extent twenty-eight to 

 twenty-nine inches. 



" Temperate North America, breeding throughout its range " 

 (A. O. U. Check List). 

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