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MARECA WIGEON. 



(Mareca Brasiliensis.) 



MA. fusca subtus griseo-aurea, inter rostrum et oculum albo-Jla- 



vescens, specula alarum viridi-ceeruleo nigro subtus marginato. 

 Brown Wigeon beneath golden-grey, yellowish-white between the 



beak and eye, the speculum of the wing blue, edged beneath 



with black. 

 Anas Brasiliensis. Raii, Syn. 149. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 517. 



Briss. Orn. 6. 360. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 856. 

 Le Mareca. Buff". Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 256. 

 Mareca Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 508. 



NOT very dissimilar to the former species : its beak 

 is black and glossy : the top of the head, upper part 

 of the neck, and the back, are umber colour : on 

 each side of the head, between the beak and eye, is 

 a round yellowish-white spot : the chin is white : the 

 fore part of the neck and under parts of the body are 

 dark grey, glossed with a golden hue : the upper 

 wing-coverts are bright brown, glossed with green ; 

 the greater ones brown, with the outer edges blue- 

 green, and tipped with black, forming two bands of 

 these colours : the quills are brown tipped with white : 

 the tail is black and cuneiform : the legs are red. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



