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neck and lesser wing-coverts are white ; the scapulars 

 and secondaries dirty white ; the bastard-wings and 

 greater coverts brown ; the lower part of the neck is 

 buff colour ; the breast, belly and rump are black ; 

 legs short and yellow ; webs dusky. 



The length is about 2 feet, weight 6 or 7lb. 



The female is less than the male, of a reddish 

 brown colour, waved with black. 



She lays from 3 to 5 pale olive-coloured eggs, in 

 a nest composed of bent grass and sea-weed, and 

 lined with a large quantity of the soft down plucked 

 from her breast. 



The down is a valuable article of commerce in 

 the northern countries. It is not uncommon for two 

 females to deposit their eggs in the same nest, and 

 mutually to assist in the process of incubation. 



13. MOSCHATA. MUSK, OR MUSCOVY DUCK. 

 A . facie nuda papillosa . Lath . 



The bill is 2 inches long, red, tipped with brown ; 

 the cere is knotty and red ; irides dark ; the crown 

 of the head is black ; the cheeks, and fore-part of 

 the neck are white ; the general colour of the rest of 

 the plumage is brown, glossed with with green, on 

 the back, rump and quills ; the feet are short and 

 red. 



Length about 2 feet. 



Domesticated : vary much in plumage. 



