94f CHINESE DUCK. 



downwards : irides fulvous : the prevailing colour of 

 the plumage is deep black, with the quills and under 

 parts dull : the head, neck, and rump are slightly 

 tinged with shining grey : on the throat is an oval 

 white spot : the five outer quills are white ; the rest 

 black : the exterior secondary quill is margined with 

 white at its tip on the outer edge ; but the outer 

 margins in general have a blue-black gloss, and form 

 a speculum of that colour on the wing : the tail as 

 in the Wild Duck, with the four middle feathers 

 recurved. Described by Pallas : its native country 

 is unknown. 



CHINESE DUCK. 

 (Anas galericulata.) 



AN. crista dependente, dorsoque postico utrinque penna recurvata 



compressd elevatd. 

 Duck with a depending crest, the back behind with a recurved, 



compressed, elevated feather. 

 Anas galericulata. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 206. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 539. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 871. 

 Querquedula sinensis. Briss. Orn. 6. 450. 

 Sarcelle de la Chine. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 276. pi. 19. Buff. 



PI. Eid. 805, 806. 



Le Canard de la Chine. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 538. 

 Chinese Teal. Edw. Glean, pi, 102. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 548. 



THIS remarkable bird is " somewhat less than a 

 Wigeon : the beak of a dull red : irides hazel : the 

 hind part of the head and neck full of feathers, and 



