KING DUCK. 



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upper plumage mostly pitch black, with yellowish-brown 

 edgings ; breast and flanks yellowish-brown, spotted and 

 barred with black ; belly the same colours intimately 

 mixed ; bill as in the female. 



The representation of the lower portion of the trachea 

 here given is of a natural size, and taken from a speci- 

 men. 



