ILATHERA WIGEON. 



young are hatched. They appear about Hudson's 

 Bay in May, and depart in the autumn : they perch 

 on trees. 



ILATHERA WIGEON. 



(Mareca Bahamensis.) 



MA. grisea, rostra plumbeo macula lateralifulva, macula alarum 



viridi lutedque. 

 Grey Wigeon with the beak lead-coloured, with a lateral fulvous 



spot, and a green and yellow spot on the wings. 

 Anas Bahamensis. Linn. Si/st. Xat. 1. 199. Gniel. Syst. Nat. 



1.516. Briss. Orn. 6. 358. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 855. 

 Mareca prima Aldrovandi. Rail, Si/n. 149. 

 Le Marec. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 256. 

 Ilathera Duck. Catesb. Carol I. pi. 93. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 



495. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 507. 



THIS species is seventeen inches in length : its 

 beak is lead-colour, with a triangular orange spot on 

 each side near the base : the top of the head is red- 

 dish-grey : the upper part of the neck, back, scapu- 

 lars, and rump, reddish-brown : the cheeks, throat, 

 and fore part of the neck, white : the breast, belly, 

 and thighs are reddish-grey, spotted with black : the 

 lesser wing-coverts are dusky : the greater green, 

 tipped with black : the secondaries a dull yellow ; 

 the primaries dusky: the under tail-coverts plain 

 grey : the legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits Brazil and the Bahama Islands : it is 

 to perch on trees. 



