NATATORES. 



LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



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ANATIDM. 



THE LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



Fuligula glacialis. 



Anas glacialis, Long-tailed Dtick, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 268. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 375. 



Clangula FLEM. Brit. An. p. 121. 



Harelda Hareld, SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 363. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 247. 



Duck, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. vii. 



Anas Canard de Miclon, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 860. 



THIS beautiful species, remarkable for great diversity in 

 the appearance of its plumage, depending on age, sex, or 

 the season of the year, is another winter visiter to the 

 British shores, and that, too, only in small numbers, except 

 the weather is severe ; for this bird remains in the north 

 as long as any surface of water remains unfrozen. The 

 specimens obtained in this country are also, for the 

 most part, young birds of the previous season, which are 



