COMMON MUSK-DUCK. 79 



anomaly with respect to the Canaryflnch, which will 

 propagate with the Goldfinch, Sparrow, and Yellow- 

 hammer, birds belonging to different genera ? 



COMMON MUSK-DUCK. 



(Cairina sylvestris.) 



CA. corpore nigro viridi cceruleare nitente, tectricibus alarum 



ulbis. 

 Musk-duck with a black body glossed with green or blue, the 



wing-coverts white. 

 Anas moschata. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 199. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



515. Briss. Orn. 6. 313. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 846. 

 Anas sylvestris Brasiliensis. Rail, Syn. 148. 150. 

 Le Canard musque. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 1G2. pi. 9. Buff. 



PL Enl. 989. Cuv. Reg. Anim. i. 537. 

 Muscovy Duck. Alb. Birds, 3. pi 97, 98. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 



476. Lath. Linn. Trans, iv. 113. pi. xiv.y. 5, 6. Lath. Syn. 



Sup. ii. 348. Bete. Brit. Birds, ii. 320. 



MUCH larger than the Common Duck, being up- 

 wards of two feet in length : in its wild state it is 

 described as being entirely of a black colour, with 

 blue and green reflections, and white wing-coverts : 

 domesticated, it varies much : its usual appearance is 

 as follows : the tip of the beak and nostrils brown ; 

 the rest of it and the naked skin at its base and round 

 the eyes red : the crown of the head slightly tufted, 

 and black : the cheeks, throat, and fore part of the 

 neck white, irregularly marked with black : the belly, 

 from the breast to the thighs, white : the general 



