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birds. Its native country is said to be the northern part of 

 Asia, being common in Eastern Siberia, upon the Lena and 

 other rivers, as well as in the vicinity of the Lake Baikal. 

 Of its habits, and other elucidating points of its history, I 

 am unable to give any account ; nor does it appear that any 

 attention was given to the construction of the windpipe and 

 other anatomical details, in the above mentioned specimens. 



PLATE 55. Represents the Male bird of the natural size, 

 from the specimen in the museum of the Zoological So- 

 ciety. 



General Bill blackish-grey, passing towards the base and edges in- 

 to orange-yellow. Front, crown, and occiput very deep 

 reddish-brown, glossed with purplish-black, and passing 

 upon the hind part of the neck into deep violet-purple. 

 Between the bill and eyes, and behind the ear-coverts, 

 are two large irregular patches of chestnut-brown, mar- 

 gined and varied with white. Sides of the neck and 

 cheeks glossy duck- green, the rest of the upper part of 

 the neck and throat being greenish-black. Front of the 

 lower part of the neck, and sides of the breast, reddish- 

 brown, with oval black spots. The middle part of the 

 breast pale reddish-brown, also spotted with black. 

 Ground colour of the mantle pale sienna-yellow, undu- 

 lated with black lines. Scapulars the same, tipped with 

 glossy Scotch blue. Wing-coverts hair-brown, the lower 

 range having pale wood-brown tips. Speculum dark 

 green, glossed with purple. Upper and under tail-co- 

 verts greenish-black, glossed with purple. Tail wedge- 

 shaped, with the two middle feathers black, narrow, 

 acuminate, and much longer than the rest, which are 

 hair-brown, margined with white. Belly and abdomen 

 yellowish-white, with undulating black lines, most dis- 

 tinct upon the flanks. Legs and feet pale orange. 



