COMMON PINTAIL. 



(Dafila caudacuta.) 



DA. occipite utrinque linea alba, dorso cinereo undulato, caudd 



supra fitsca sultus nigra. 

 Pintail with a white line on each side of the occiput, the back 



waved with ash-colour, the tail above brown, beneath black. 

 Anas acuta. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1 . 202. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 528. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 864. 

 Anas caudacuta. Raii, Syn. \4~.A. 

 Anas longicauda. Briss. Orn. 6. 369. pi. 34. f. 1, 2. 

 Canard a longue queue, ou pilet. Bitff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 199. 



pi. 13. Buff. PL. Enl 954. Cm. Reg. Anim. 1. 537. Temm. 



man. d'Orn. 540. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 838. 

 Sea Pheasant, or Cracker. Alb. Birds, 2. pi. 94, 95. 

 Pintail. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 282. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 500. 



Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 526. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 354. Lath. Linn. 



Trans, iv. 1 io. pi. 13. f. 6. (trachea.) Wale. Syn. 1. pi 72. 



Leivin. Brit. Birds, 7. pi 261. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. and Sup, 



Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 360. Wits. Amer. Orn. viii. 72. pi. Ixviii. 

 /. 3. male. 



ABOUT two feet in length : the beak blackish-blue : 

 the irides clear brown : the top of the head is varied 

 with brown and blackish : the cheeks, throat, and 

 upper part of the neck brown, shaded with violet 

 and purple : on the nape is a black band, which is 

 bordered with two white bands : the fore part of the 

 neck and the under part of the body are pure white : 

 the back and sides are striped with black and ash- 

 coloured zigzags : on the scapulars are long black 

 dashes : the speculum of the wing is purple-green, 

 bordered above by a red band, and beneath by a 



