BUFFEL-HEADED CARROT. 



Anas albeola. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 199. Gniel. Syst. Nat. 1.517. 



Lath. ImL Orn. 2. 866. 

 Anas bucephala Linn. Synt. Nat. 1. 200. Gniel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



521, 



Querquedula Ludoviciana. Briss. Orn. 6. 46 1. pi. 41.y. 1. 

 Anas hyberna. Briss. Orn. 6. 3-19. 

 Sarcelle blaucbe et noire, ou la Religieuse. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



9. 284. Buff. PI. Enl 948. 



Petit canard a grosse tete. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 249. 

 Little Black and White Duck. Edic. Glean.pl. 100. 

 Spirit Duck. Penn. Arct. ZooL 2. 

 Buffel-beaded Duck. Catesby, Carol. 1. pi. 95. Penn. Arct. 



ZooL 2. 489. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 533. Wils. Amer. Orn. 



v. viii./j. 51. pi. Isvii. J. 2. male \ f. 3. female. 

 FEMALE. Anas rustica. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 201. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1 , 524. 



Querquedula Carolinensis. Briss. Orn. 6. 464. 

 Sarcelle de la Caroline. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 286. 

 Little Brown Duck. Catesb. Carol. 1. pi. 98. Lath. Gen. Sya. 



6. 534. 



LENGTH sixteen inches : beak near an inch and a 

 half long, and black : the head and neck green-gold, 

 with a gloss of violet in some lights : from behind 

 each eye the feathers are white, passing in a broad 

 patch to the back of the head : the lower part of the 

 neck all round, the breast, and under parts are white : 

 the outer scapulars are white, forming a longitudinal 

 band on each side of the back, which, with the rest 

 of the scapulars, is black : the lesser wing-coverts are 

 dusky, edged with white: the middle ones white: 

 the greater, down the middle of the wing, white; but 

 those on each side black : quills^dusky black ; some of 

 the inner ones marked with white on the inner webs : 

 tail cinereous ; the three outer feathers edged out- 

 wardly with white ; the shape of it cuneiform : legs 



