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legs are black; the breast, scapulars, and wing- 

 coverts are ash colour. 

 Length nearly 2 feet. 



11. ERYTHROPUS. BERNACLE, OR CLARIS. 



A. cinerea supra nigro alboque undulata, cotto nigro, 

 facie abdomineque albis. Lath. 



x The bill is short, black, with a reddish streak on 

 each side ; the irides are brown ; the head is small, 

 forehead and cheeks white ; back part of the head, 

 neck and shoulders are black ; the back is grey \ the 

 belly is white ; the tail and legs are black : there is 

 also a callous protuberance, or blunt spur upon the 

 elbow of each wing. 

 Length about 2 feet. 



12. MOLLISSIMA. EIDER DUCK. 



A. rostro cylindrico, cera postice bifida rugosa. 

 Lath. 



The head is large ; the middle of the neck is small ; 

 the bill is dark horn colour ; the upper mandible is 

 forked towards each eye, and covered with white 

 feathers as far as the nostrils ; the irides are dark 

 yellowish ; the head is a soft velvet black, divided 

 by a dull white stroke ; the neck has the appearance 

 of a green stain on each side ; the upper part of the 



