82 ROYAL MUSK-DUCK. 



red : claws black. Inhabits the Nile, in Upper 

 Egypt. It is easily tamed, and lives among other 

 domestic poultry. 'Latham. 



ROYAL MUSK-DUCK? 



(Cairina? regia.) 



CA ? corporc caruleo subtusjiisco, collari albo. 



Musk-duck ? with the body cserulean, beneath brown, the collar 



white. 



Anas regia. Gmel. Syst. Nat. ]. 508. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 847- 

 Royal Duck. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 349. 



RATHER larger than the Common Wild Duck : it 

 has a compressed caruncle on the forehead, forming 

 a crest or comb : all the upper parts of the plumage 

 are of a fine blue, the under grey : on the neck is a 

 beautiful white collar. Inhabits Chili. 



