96 SUMMER DUCK. 



This elegant species is a native of China and 

 Japan, where it is often kept for the sake of its 

 beauty. It does not appear to be very common. It 

 is frequently brought alive to England, but without 

 the greatest care, soon perishes : but little is known, 

 however, of its manners. 



SUMMER DUCK. 



(Anas sponsa.) 



AN. cristd dependente duplici viridi cceruleo alboque varid. 

 Duck with a double dependent crest varied with green, blue and 



white. 

 Anas sponsa. Linn. Syst. Nat. ] . 207. Gmel. Syst. Nai. ] . 



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

 Anas aestiva. Briss. Orn. 6. 35 \.pl. 32. f. 2. 

 Yztacton Yahauhqui. Rail, Syn. 176. 

 Beau Canard huppe. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 254. Buff. PL 



Enl. 980, 981. 



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

 Summer Duck. Catesby, Carol. I. pi. 97. Ediv. Glean.pl. 101. 



Penn. Arct. Zool 2. 493. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 546. JVih. 



Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 97. pi. lxx.j 3. 



LENGTH nineteen inches : beak red, with the base 

 of the upper mandible yellow j the tip and ridge 

 black : the irides hazel : the occiput greatly crested ; 

 the feathers of the crest and head are glossy green, 

 tinged with purple - 9 the former are very long and 

 dependent : from the nostrils a white line passes on 

 each side over the eye to the occiput, and another 



