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Anas superciliosa. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.537. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 852. 

 Supercilious Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 497. 



ABOUT as large as the Wild Duck : the length is 

 twenty-one inches : its beak is two inches and a half 

 long, of a lead-colour, with its tip black : the pre- 

 vailing colour of its plumage is ashy-brown, with the 

 edges of the feathers paler : on the eye is a white 

 streak, and beneath it is another broader one : the 

 chin and fore part of the neck dusky white : the spe- 

 culum of the wings bluish-green, surrounded by a 

 black line : legs dusky cinereous. Inhabits New Zea- 

 land : called there He-turrera. 



DOMINICAN DUCK. 



(Anas Dominicana. ) 



Av. griseo-cinerea, facie gulaque albis, fascia ocidari, occipite, 



collo, pectoreque nigris. 

 Grey-ashy Duck with the face and throat white, a stripe through 



the eyes, the occiput, neck, and breast black. 

 Anas Dominicana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 536. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 659. 

 Canard Dominicain du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Sonner. Voy. 



Ind. 2. 22. 

 Dominican Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 525. 



SIZE of the Wild Duck : beak black : the face and 

 throat are white : from the beak, passing through the 

 eye, is a black streak, ending in an angle behind : 



