240 ANATID.E. 



B. Hodgson, Esq. includes it among the Birds of Nepal ; 

 and M. Temminck says this species is found in Japan. 



In the adult male the beak is vermilion ; the irides 

 brown ; the whole of the head and upper part of the neck 

 green, bounded by a collar of white, and below that a 

 collar of rich chestnut, which covers the upper part of the 

 breast, the space before the point of the wings, and the 

 upper part of the back ; the rest of the back, the rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts white : scapulars and part of the 

 tertials nearly black; the longest tertials with the outer 

 webs rich chestnut ; point of the wing and all the wing- 

 coverts white ; primaries very dark brown ; the speculum 

 of the secondaries green ; tail-feathers white, tipped with 

 black ; lower central line of the breast and belly rich dark 

 brown ; sides, flanks, vent, and under tail-coverts white ; 

 legs, toes, and their membranes flesh colour. 



Whole length twenty-four to twenty-six inches. From 

 the carpal joint to the end of the wing thirteen inches ; the 

 second quill-feather the longest. The female is rather 

 smaller than the male, and not quite so bright in her 

 colours. 



The young of the year in August have the beak flesh 

 colour ; the head and neck brown ; chin, and front of the 

 neck white ; interscapulars and wings brown ; wing-coverts 

 white ; tertials white, but edged with chestnut, the first 

 appearance of that colour ; primaries black ; speculum be- 

 coming green ; all the under surface white ; legs flesh 

 colour. 



The young birds do not breed till they are two years 

 old. 



I have referred, in the present volume, to the pe- 

 culiar character of the organs of voice in some of the 

 Geese and Swans, and in almost all the Ducks and Mer- 



