106 



BROWN DUCK. 

 (Anas fuscescens.) 



\K. fuscescens, capite collogue dttutiore, alis cinereis, specula 

 cceruleo margine albo, caudd obscurd. 



Brownish Duck with the head and neck paler, the wings ash- 

 coloured, the speculum blue with a white margin, the tail 

 obscure. 



Anas fuscescens. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 534. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 

 849. 



Brown Duck. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 499. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 

 486. 



INHABITS Newfoundland : length sixteen inches : 

 beak large, stout at its base; bluish, with its tip 

 black : the nostrils are placed near the end : the 

 head and neck are very pale brown : the lower part 

 of the last, and the breast the same : the feathers 

 edged with ferruginous : the wings ashy-grey : the 

 speculum blue, tipped with white : the tail and legs 

 dusky. 



GULAUND DUCK. 



(Anas borealis.) 



AN. capite viridi-nitente, pectore abdomineque albis. 



Duck with the head of a shining green, the breast and abdomen 



white. 

 Anas borealis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.512. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 843. 



Gulaund Duck. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 572. Lath. Gen. Syn. 

 6.465. 



