SOLITARY DUCK. 10? 



DESCRIBED in Arctic Zoology ; and said to be in 

 size between a Goose and a Duck : with a narrow 

 beak : bright green head ; and white breast and belly. 

 Inhabits the morasses of Iceland : lays from seven to 

 nine eggs, and is a scarce species. The Icelanders 

 call it Gulaund. 



SOLITARY DUCK. 



(Anas Monacha.) 



AN. albo nigroque varia, rostro favescente apice nigro, specula 



alarum viridi-violaceo. 

 Duck varied with white and black, the beak yellowish, its tip 



black, the speculum of the wings green-violet. 

 Anas Monacha. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.516. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



847. 

 Solitary Duck. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 350. 



LARGER than the Wild Duck : the beak is yel- 

 lowish, with its tip black : the lores grey : the plu- 

 mage is varied with black and white : the head and 

 upper part of the breast spotted with black: the 

 primary quills are white, with their tips variegated 

 with brown : the speculum is greenish-violet : the 

 tail is pointed, and white ; each feather with a brown 

 spot at the tip. 



