CLANGULA. GARROT. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum capita brevior, basi 

 inerme, angustum, ad api- 

 cem fere rectum ; mandi- 

 bula superiore apice ungue 

 parvo instructo. 



Nares ovales, basales. 

 Cauda rectricibus acumina- 



tis, aut obtusis, hand elon- 



gatis. 



Beak shorter than the head, 

 its base simple, narrow, 

 nearly straight towards the 

 tip; the upper mandible 

 furnished with a small 

 hook. 



Nostrils oval, basal. 



Tail with its feathers acu- 

 minated, or blunt, not elon- 

 gated. 



CLANGULA. Fleming, Leach. 

 QUERQUEDULA. Bri- 



I HE Garrots have a short beak, with its sides 

 nearly straight, and not tapering, as in the Hareld : 

 the crown is scarcely so much elevated : the nostrils 

 are more oval ; and the tail is considerably shorter 

 than in the last-mentioned genus : in one species this 

 part has its feathers pointed at the tip, whereas it 

 is very obtuse in the others. The structure of the 

 trachea is very different from that of any other genus 

 of this family, but approximates towards that of the 

 Mergansers. 



