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elongated into a flattish crest : the top of the head, 

 down the middle of the crown, of a greenish-black : 

 between the beak and eye pale rufous ; behind the 

 eye white, passing backwards into the crest, which is 

 of a dark glossy green : the feathers round the upper 

 part of the neck, all round, are long and pointed, 

 like those of a Cock, and of a dull orange colour : the 

 lower part of the neck and upper part of the breast 

 chesnut : at the bend of the wing are three trans- 

 verse streaks of black, and two of white alternate : 

 the scapulars are black, margined with white : the 

 back and rump dusky-brown, glossed in some parts 

 with blue-green : on the wings a speculum, or glossy 

 patch of blue-green, bounded below with white : the 

 quills dusky brown, edged near the ends with pale 

 grey : one of the second quills much broader on one 

 web than on the other, and curves upwards in an 

 elegant manner, standing upright when the wing is 

 closed ; the broader web of a fine pale brownish-red, 

 tipped with black ; the under, or narrower one, dusky 

 black : the tail pointed, of a dusky brown, fringed 

 with blue-green : the sides of the body of a brownish 

 cream-colour, transversely crossed with fine black 

 lines : the feathers over the thighs barred with black 

 and white at the ends : the lower parts of the breast 

 and belly are white : legs orange-colour : the female is 

 not unlike that of the Summer Duck, but has two bars 

 of white on the wing : the breast seems more clouded 

 with brown, and the spots on it are not of the trian- 

 gular shape, as in the Summer Duck, but rounded, 5 ' 

 Latham, 



