130 FRANK forester's FIELD SPORTS. 



undulated with very narrow bars of brownish-black and yellow- 

 ish-white. Smaller wing-coverts, alula and primary quills gray — 

 the latter dark brown toward the end. Speculum of a coppery- 

 red, changing to dull green ; edged anteriorly with light brown- 

 ish-red ; posteriorly with white. The inner secondaries and the 

 scapulars black and green, with broad gray margins. Upper 

 tail-coverts cream-colored, the outer webs blackish and green ; 

 tail light gray, the middle feathers dark brown, glossed with 

 green. On each side of the neck is an oblique band of white, 

 of which color are the under parts in general ; the sides, how- 

 ever, are undulated like the back ; the lateral feathers of the 

 rump cream-colored ; the lower tail-coverts black ; those at the 

 sides edged with white. 



" Length to the end of tail, 29 inches ; extent of wings, 36 ; 

 bill along the back, 2/2 ; along the edge of lower mandible, 

 2t% ; tarsus, l/a ; middle toe with claw, 2^^ ; wing from flexure, 

 11 ; tail, 5|; weight 2lbs. 



" Adult Female. 



" The female, which is much smaller, has the upper parts va- 

 riegated with brownish-black and light yellowish-brown ; the 

 margin of the feathers and a mark on each side of the shaft be- 

 ing of the latter color. The speculum is dusky green, margined 

 behind with white. The primary quills grayish-brown. The 

 lower parts are of a light brownish-yellow, the sides variegated 

 with brown ; the bill is black ; the iris brown ; the feet light 

 bluish-gray. 



" Length, 22| mches ; extent of wings, 34 ; weight, lib. 9oz. 



" The tirst observation that I made, on arriving at Labrador, 

 was that no species of Ducks, excepting those which were en- 

 tirely or chiefly oceanic, seemed to resort to that coast ; and I 

 left the country with the same impression. We saw no Mal- 

 lards, Teals, Widgeons, or Wood Ducks there, nor any species 

 of Merganser, except the Red-breasted, which is a marine bird. 

 The Pintail Duck, then, was not known in the parts of that 

 country which I visited ; nor was it known in Newfoundland, 

 on the Magdeleine Islands, or in the British Province of Nova 



