33 BIRDS. PALMIPEDES. 55. Anas, 



Length i\ inches: weight about 3 pounds, 



Jris yellow : crown black : front and cheeks mixed with white : bf 

 tween the bill and eyes an oval white fpot : over which is a black 

 line : chin and throat black : breast with a black and white band r 

 sides with black stripes : tail-coverts white : legs black. 



62, A. Anser. Bill semicyiindrical, flesh-colour with a 

 white nail : body above grey, beneath paler niixed. 

 with grey : neck striate longitudinally, 



Grey-lag Goofe, Walcott. 61. sUkiri \.t, go, 



Length 2 feet g : extent feet : weight 8 or 9. pounds. 



H'aJ and neck grey with an ochraceous mixture : fcapulars edged 



yith white; wings various shades of grey with paler margins; 



quills more or less dusky at the ends : rump and vent white : wings 



without the coloured fpot : tail tipt with white ; legs ilesh.colour. 

 Vaiies much in its colours by domestication, 



g63. A. Albifrons, Bill flesh-colour, with a white nail ; 

 body grey mixed with brown and white ; front 

 white. 



/White-fronted Goofe. Br. Zoo/, t. 94. i. Donov t. toe. Wale, t, 64, 

 Length 2 feet 4 - extent 4 feet 6 : weight 4 to 5 pounds. 

 Bill with an orange fpot at the bale : iris dusky : body above 

 brown edged with grey : breast and belly with large bla-'k and white 

 patches: quills dusky, the primaries grey on the outer-webs : rump 

 and vent white; tail dusky, edged with white; legs orange- 

 yellow, 



264. A. Segetum, Bill pale red with a blackish nail : 

 body grey-brown, beneath paler : wings grey, the 

 larger coverts and secondary quills tipt with white. 



Jlean Goofe. Br. ?ool. (. 94. 2. Walcot t. 65, 



Length 2 feet 7 : extent 4 feet 11 ; weight 5-7 pounds. 

 Bill dusky at the bafc, much compressed at the end : iris hazel; 

 front mixed with white, behind which the feathers are dusky: 

 greater quills blackish, with grey outer-webs, fecondarie-8 grey with 

 black outer margins : tail edged with white : legs dull orange. 



J265, A, esythropus. Bill black, with a tiesh-colour spot 

 each side ; body grey, undulate above with black 

 and white : neck black : face and belly white, 



Jiernacle Goofe. Hayes t. 24. Walcot t. 62. 



Length 25 inches : extent 4 feet 5 ; weight 5 pounds. 



Front, chin, and cheeks white : from the bill to the eyes a black 

 line ; crown, neck and upp<?r-part of the back black : upper ta,il- 

 c everts white ; rump and tail black, the latter white at the sides : 

 legs dusky, 



866. A. Berntda, Bill black ; head, neck, and breast 

 black ; a white crescent each side the neck. 



rent Goofe. Albin i. t. 93. Hayes t. 2,5, Walcot t. 63. 



Length 28 inches : extent 4 feet : iveight 2 pounds and at half. 



Back, fcapulars, and coverts brownish-black, beneath paler: tail* 

 coverts and vent white : sides with white lines : tail black : legs 

 black. The young bird wants the white crefcent on the neck. 



67, A, molUssima, Bill black, cylindrical: cere bifid 

 and wrinkled on the hind-part, 



Eider Duck. Br. Zool.t. 95, Edw. t. 98, Walcot t.66, 



length i foot 10 .- nearly twice the size c^'the commoa duck, 

 Feathers pf thpfrofit and cheeks proceeding far into the bafe of the 

 bill, and forming two sharp angles : front silvery black : from the 

 bill across the eyes a broad black stripe beneath the hinder ends 

 of which is a pea.green patch : crown, cheeks, neck, back and wing.? 

 white : quills black ; breast, belly and, tail black : /eg* dull green, 



