248 WILD-FOWL AND SEA-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN 



brown, tinged with grey. The lower neck all round, 

 the breast, fore-part of belly, sides, and lower tail 

 coverts white. Wings black, with a large white 

 patch which includes several of the small coverts, 

 secondary coverts, and some of the secondary quills. 

 Legs and feet orange yellow, the webs being dusky. 

 Length, from bill to tail, nineteen inches. 



FEMALE. Bill brown ; head and upper neck 

 dull reddish-brown ; the lower neck grey. Upper 

 parts dark grey behind, lighter in front ; lower 

 parts white, with the sides and part of the belly 

 brownish-grey. Legs and feet brownish-yellow. 

 Length, from bill to tail, sixteen inches. 



LONG-TAILED HARELD. 



(Harelda glactalis.) 



MALE. Bill black at base, red towards the end, 

 the red tinged with lake ; the nail black. Head and 

 neck white ; the cheeks grey ; a black-and-brown 

 patch on each side of the neck. The fore-part of 

 the breast, back, wing coverts, and lengthened tail 

 feathers blackish-brown ; quills dark brown ; scapu- 

 lars and lower parts white. Tail feathers chiefly 

 white, middle tail feathers slightly turned up. Legs 

 and feet yellow ; membranes dusky. Length, from 

 bill to tail, twenty-five inches. 



FEMALE. Bill blue grey ; iris yellow. Head 

 and nape chocolate brown ; throat a lighter brown. 

 Sides of head and neck, band over the eye, and 

 part of hind-neck greyish-white ; a brown patch 



