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flavoured, is much esteemed. They have obtained 

 the name of Musk-duck from their musky smell, 

 which proceeds from the fluid secreted from the 

 glands on the rump. They are naturally very wild 

 and shy, but when kept in confinement they are more 

 docile, and will frequently associate and produce a 

 mixed breed with the Common Duck. 



NILOTIC MUSK-DUCK. 



(Cairina Nllotica.) 



CA. albida maculis canis, pectoris lateribus abdomincquc cano 



lineatis. 

 Whitish Musk-duck with hoary spots, the sides of the breast and 



the abdomen striped with hoary. 



Anas Nilotica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 508. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 84G. 

 Nilotic Goose. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 488. 



" SIZE between the Pintail Duck and the Common 

 Goose, but stands higher on its legs. Nail of the 

 beak hoary ; the margin of it bounded by a callus, 

 which is a little elevated, equal, and of a purplish 

 blood-colour; a second encompasses the base, a little 

 elevated, of a dull purple, and has four warts, two 

 on each side : irides yellow : throat, sides of the neck, 

 crown, and a* line behind the eyes, whitish, spotted 

 with hoary or cinereous : breast, belly, and thighs, 

 whitish-brown, crossed with dusky transverse lines : 

 sides of the breast and belly marked with oblong and 

 hoary lines : tail longish, rounded in shape : legs 



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