BIRDS. PALMIPEDES. 55. Anas. ll 



neck glossy greenish-black : lower-part of the neck, wing-covertt, 

 and parts underneath white: sides with dusky undulate lines: 

 lower-part of the bach and rump grey. 



256. M. Ca>tor. Crested, grey : head and upper-part of 

 the neck ferruginous : clun, ends of the middle quill- 

 fea'hers and belly white. 



Dun Diver, Br. ZooL t.yz. Ltwin t. 233. Donovan t. 65. 



Length 27 inches : extent 35 : weight near 3 pounds. 



Bill orange, with a black nail : iris purplish : chin and throat 

 whitish: breaft and lower-part of the neck before grey-buff; 

 greater quills black : legs orange. 



257. M. Serrator. Crest of the male pendent : head and 

 upper parts of the neck and hack glossy-black : neck 

 with a white collar : breast ferruginous mixed with 

 black : rump with grey and brown screaks. 



Hed-breasted Merganfer. Br. Zoo!, t. 93. Lewin t. 234. 



Length 21 inches : extent 28 : weight near 2 pounds. 



Bill and legs dull orange : iris red : louver-part of the neck white 

 forming a collar : lower-part of the back, tail-coverts and vent grey 

 with dusky undulate lines : fcapulars and wing-couerts mixed black 

 and white: belly white. Female hardly crested: the head and 

 upper-part of the neck dull rufous : back and fcapulars dark grey. 



258. M. Albellus. Crest pendent : hind-head, upper-part 

 of the back and temples black : body white : wings 

 black and white. Female, head hardly cres'ed, 

 tawny-grey : across the eyes a black band, under 

 which is a white spot. 



Smew, White Nun. Lewin t. 235. Walcot t. 82. 



2. Head and upper-part of the neck ferruginous : cheeks \rithout 

 the oval black fpot : above grey-brown, beneath and chin white j 

 wings with a white fpot before and behind. 

 Minute Merganfer. Lewin t. 236. Donovan t. 52. 



Length 18 inches : extent 26 : weight 2 pounds. 



Bill black : nape under the crest with an oblong black mark : on 

 the lower-part of the neck 2 black stripes pointing forwaids : tail 

 grey tipt with black : legs lead-colour. Female, bill lead-colour, 

 breast clouded with grey, back dusky mixed with grey. 



55. ANAS. Duck. 



259. A. Cygnus. Bill semicylindrical, black: cere yel- 

 low : body pure whife. 



Wild Swan. Br. Zool.fol. 149. t. addend. Edw. t. 150. Walcot t. 55. 

 Length 4 feet 10 : extent j feet 3 : weight 13-16 pounds, 

 Bill between 4 and 5 inches long, black at the end, yellow towards 



the bafe, and bare of feathers up to the eyes : iris yellow : plumage 



with a few grey or rusty marks in the young birds: legs black : 



ribs only 1 1 . 



260. A. Olor. Bill red, black at the nail and sides, with 

 a black fleshy tubercle at the base : body pure white. 



Tame Swan. Br. ZooLfol. 149. t. add. Walcot i. 56. Edw. t. 150. 



Much larger than the last : plumage cinereous till the fecond year* 

 legs dusky : ribs 12. 



261. A. rujicollis. Bill dusky with a black nail: above 

 black, beneath white : neck rufous, with a longitu- 

 dinal white stripe each side : before the eyes an oval 

 white spot. 



Rd-breasted Goofe. Pali. spic. vi. p. 21. tab. 4. 



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