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WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 



flanks elegantly waved with large semi-circles of pale 

 brown ; sides of the vent, pure white ; under tail coverts 

 black ; back, deep brown with black, each feather waved 

 with large semi-ovals of brownish white ; lesser wing 

 coverts, a bright blue ; primaries, dusky brown ; second- 

 f aries, black ; speculum or beauty spot, rich green ; ter- 

 tials, edged with black or light blue and streaked down 

 tjieir middle with white ; the tail, which is pointed, ex- 

 tends two inches beyond the wings ; legs and feet, yel- 

 low, the latter very small ; the two crescents of white 

 before the eyes meet on the throat. 



The female differs in having the head and neck of a 

 dull dusky slate, instead of the rich violet of the male ; 

 the hind of head is also whitish ; the wavings of the back 

 and lower parts more indistinct. 



Wing nearly the same in both. 



