92 BUFFEL-HEADED DUCK. 



with purple and green; breast, white; back, black. Greater 

 and lesser wing coverts, white; primaries, greyish black; 

 secondaries, white; tertiaries, black. Tail, pale ash grey; 

 upper tail coverts, pale ash grey. Legs and toes, yellow. 



The female is less than the male. Length, one foot one 

 inch. Head, crown, and neck, greyish brown, with a patch 

 of white behind the eye; breast, dull white. Back on the 

 upper part, greyish brown, on the lower part black. Greater 

 and lesser wing coverts, dark greyish brown; primaries, dark 

 greyish brown; secondaries, white; tertiaries, dark greyish 

 brown. Tail, ash grey; legs and toes, bluish black. 



The young male at first resembles the female. 



I have arranged the above description from Yarrell's account. 



