THE WINTEE DUCK. 34:1 



lata" from the two white spots which are its most distin- 

 guishing characteristics. 



The w.ood-cut at the head of this article is mathemat- 

 ically reduced from my own original sketch, and it may 

 be described as follows : 



Specific Character. Head elongated, elevated toward 

 the coronse ; forehead protrudirig, feathered one-third 

 the length of the bill ; bill much elevated along the 

 dorsal outline, decurved and flattened toward the tip ; a 

 broad unguis on both mandibles ; nostril oval, pervious, 

 one-third nearer the tip than the base ; both mandibles 

 deeply lamellated along the gap. Neck short, stout. 

 Body broad, thick, and much depressed; wings short, 

 and placed far back ; legs stout, situate very far back, 

 scutellate in front, reticullate behind ; tail short, acutely 

 ovate ; two centre feathers longest. 



Plumage. Thick, soft, densely compressed, much 

 blended, and having an under-stratum of soft, blackish 

 down. 



Colors. Bill, bluish black, without any other tint ; 

 iricles hazel ; legs, in the adult males, dusky crimson, in 

 the females dull orange ; claws black ; webs black and 

 grained like morocco leather ; crown of the head, nape 

 shoulders, back, upper tail coverts, and tail, sooty black ; 

 chin, cheeks, forepart of neck, and upper breast, sleek, 

 satiny mouse color. A triangular white spot at the base 

 ; of the upper mandible, extending to the anterior angle 

 of the eye ; a larger, irregular, oblong white spot below 



