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breast, belly, upper part of the back, and scapular fea- 

 thers, which are very long, of a light ferruginous, which 

 is the prevailing colour of the bird. The feathers are 

 broad at their end, semicircular, and tipped with a lighter 

 colour, which form semicircular lines all over the body. 

 The wing-coverts are white, which forms a broad space 

 on the wing ; below this the secondary quills are green, 

 forming a speculum ; the greater quills brown, darker on 

 the edges, which has occasioned them to be described as 

 black ; the same applies to the tail and back, which is 

 nearly covered by the scapulars, both of which are dark 

 brown, with a greenish tinge. The legs are dark co- 

 loured ; the toes largely webbed, and the webs black. At 

 the bend of the wing is a blunt knob. Beneath, on the 

 sides of the vent, are the rudiments of a bar of mottled 

 feathers, and the feathers of the thighs, and some of the 

 vent feathers are lighter than those of the rest of the 

 body/' 



The male is distinguished from the female in having a 

 black collar round the neck, from which circumstance it 

 has been called the Collared Duck ; it has also been called 

 the Ruddy Goose. 



Bewick has figured the female ; I have therefore pur- 

 posely given the figure of a male. 



This species is very rarely found at sea. 



