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GADWALL DUCK. 



(Anas strepera.) 



AN. corpore fupra Jiisco pallido undulato, siibtus griseo alboque 



vario, specula alarum albo, antice rufo marginato. 

 Duck with the body above brown, palely undulated, beneath 



varied with grey and white, the speculum of the wing white, 



edged with red in front. 

 Anas strepera. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 200. Gmcl. Syst. Nat. 1. 



520. Briss. Orn. 6. 339.^. 33./ 1. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 859. 

 Anas platyrhynchos. Rail, Syn. 145. A. 

 Chipeau. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 187. pi. 12. Buff. PL Enl. 



958. 

 Canard Chipeau, ou ridenne. Temm. man. d'Orn. 539. Id. 



2 Edit. ii. 837. Cuv. Peg. Anim. 1. 538. 

 Gadwall, or Grey. Penn. Brit. Zoo/. 2. 288. Penn. Arct. Zool. 



2. 5/5. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 525. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 353. 



Lath. Linn. Trans, iv.iii.j3/. 13. y. 7, 8. (trachea.) Lew. Brit. 



Birds, 7. pi. 258. \Valc. Syn. 2. pi. 68. Mont. Orn. Diet. 



1. and Sup. Beui. Brit. Birds, 2. 350. Wils. Amer. Orn. 



viii.p. 120. pi. xciy. 1. 



TWENTY inches in length: beak black : irides bright 

 brown : the head and neck grey-brown, spotted with 

 brown : the under part of the neck, the back, and 

 breast are marked with black lunules : the scapulars 

 and sides are barred with zigzags of white and 

 blackish : the lesser wing-coverts are chesnut-red : 

 the greater coverts, rump, and under tail-coverts are 

 deep black : the speculum of the wing is pure white : 

 the tarsi and toes are orange ; the membranes blackish. 

 The female has the feathers of the back blackish- 

 brown, edged with bright red : the breast is reddish- 



