the end like a spoon, the nail is hooked inwards ; 

 irides are fine yellow the head and neck green ; 

 breast and scapulars white; back brown; the belly 

 and sides chesnut-bay ; the wing-coverts are pale 

 sky-blue ; the tail of 14 feathers ; the exterior ones 

 white ; those in the middle black edged with white ; 

 the vent-feathers are black; the legs and feet are 

 red. 



Weight about 22oz. length 22 inches. 



The female is less brilliant ; white, grey and rusty, 

 crossed with curved dusky lines. 



The female lays 10 or 12 rust coloured eggs. 



Labyrinth small and oval ; on the left side is a 

 a long bladder, about the size of a large rounceval 

 pea. (Latham.) 



20. STREPERA. GADWALL, OR GRAY. 

 A. specula alarum rufo niyro albo. 



The bill is flat, black, and about two inches long ; 

 irides light hazel ; the head is rufous-brown, spotted 

 with black ; the breast, back and scapulars are 

 marked with black and white lines ; the belly and 

 thighs are dirty white ; the rump and vent are black ; 

 the tail ash colour, edged with white. 



The female has the breast plain brown, spotted 

 with black. 



The length 19 inches. 



Labyrinth oval, compressed on the sides. 



