BIRDS. PALMIPEDES. 55. Anas. 75 



female, breast reddish-brown with black fpots, without the 

 curved lines. 



V*9. A. Penelope. Bill load-colour, tipt with black : 

 head bay .-spotted with black ? front yellowish-white: 

 back with srey and blackish undulate lines : vent 

 black. 



\Vijrcon. ll'alfot (.71, Will. A$l. p. 37,5. '. 

 Length i.'p inches ; e\teht -.17 : ur?i>//f near v_j ounces. 

 7?rc(jj/ purplish, with often black 1'pots : />f/7)> white : wir^-ffot 

 blue-green, black before and behind : w'in<-toverts brown, foJiietiiiies 

 varied with white : quill* dusky tipt with black : 2 middle tail- 

 feathers longer than the rest, dusky : tlic rest gicy cit<j<;d with ru- 

 fous-brown : /egs dusky. 



female, brown with darker fpots, breast paler. 



80. A. gtocilanti. Bill lead-colour, tipt with black: 

 head slightly crested, green, with a ferruginous spot 

 before and behind the eyes : back dark-brown Mah 

 black waxes : wing-spot green, edged with while. 



Bimaculated Duck. r. ZooL ii. n. 287. t. ioc../, 2. 



Length 20 inches : extent 25 and ah;i!f, 



Crown green-brown, with a brown streak on the nape : throat 

 deep purple : head bright green, streaked down the neck : breast 

 ferruginous fpotted with black : belly dusky, fpeckleii : wing- 

 coverts grey, the lower-ones -with rusty streaks: tail-coverts 

 changeable green : 2 middle tail-feathers black, the rest brown 

 edged with white : legs yellow, svith dusky webs. 



281. A. farina. Bill blue, tipt with black: body with 

 grey and black undulate linear head cbe^uut : pec- 

 toral band, rump, and vent black. 



Pochard. Ifalcott.-;*. Albin ii. t. 98. Will. Angl. t. 72. 



Length 19 inches : extent 30 : weight i>8 oun< es. 



Breast with a broad black band meeting at the back: quills dusky* 

 lelly white, with dusky lines; tail dusky, mixed with grey ; ie^s 

 lead-colour. 



282. A. acnta. Bill black, bluish on the side* : head 

 rufous-brown, with a longitudinal white stripe each 

 side from the hind- par! : back with grey and black 

 undulate lines : 2 middle tail-feathers very long, 

 pointed, black. 



Pintail Duck. Wakot t. 72. Albin t. 94.95. U'iU. Angl. t. 75. 



Length 28 inches : extent 3 feet 2 : weight 24 ounces. 



Head with a purple tinge behind the ears : nape with a purple 

 gloss ; neck white on the lower-part befoie: belly white.- uings 

 brown : uiing-Jpot violet-green, ferruginous before, white behind : 

 tail, except tbe middle feathers, dusky edged with white : tent 

 black : legs lead-colour. Female, head ferruginous with dusky 

 streaks, wing-coverts brownish edged with grey. 



283. A. gladalis. Bill black, orange in tbe middle : 

 body black, beneath white : front and sides of the 

 head reddish-grey ; 2 middle tail-feathers very long, 

 narrow, pointed. Youngling body white: temples, 

 breast, back and wings black. Female, blackish 

 varied with rufous and grey : back black : collar and 

 lower-part of the belly white. 



Long-tailed Duck. 7;r. ZooL t. y8. *.Dnov t. 1 1 i. li'a/c. t. 73. 

 Length 22 inches : extent 29 : si/.e of the \Vig< on. 

 Iris red : nape and neck before and behind white, the latter with. 



