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DAMIETTA DUCK. 



(Anas Damiatica.) 



AN. alba, capite collo superior e humeris caudceque apice albis, 



nuchce lunuldjerrugined, remigibus virescente-atris. 

 White Duck, with the head, neck above, shoulders, and tip of the 



tail white, the nape with a rust-coloured lunule, the quills 



dark-greenish. 

 Anas Damiatica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 535. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



850. 

 Damietta Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 487- 



RATHER larger than the Wild Duck : the head, 

 half the neck, the shoulders, and tip of the tail 

 black : the rest of the neck before, the breast, back, 

 belly, sides, and tail white : at the lower part of the 

 neck behind, a ferruginous crescent: the bend of 

 the wing of the same colour : the quills greenish- 

 black : the hind claw very blunt. Inhabits the shores 

 of Egypt, chiefly in the Bay of Damietta. 



SUPERCILIOUS DUCK. 

 (Anas superciliosa.) 



AN. cinereo-fusca, fa&cia supra itifraque oculos gula juguloque 

 albis, specula alarum viridi-c&rulescente nigro marginato. 



Ashy-brown Duck with a band above and beneath the eyes, the 

 throat, and jugulum white, the speculum of the wings greenish- 

 blue, edged with black. 



