144 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



hair-brown, smaller and looser texture than in the 

 male, grayish-brown above and white below. 



26. Mallard. 



Length about 25 inches. Bill about 2J inches 

 long. Male: Head and neck green, with white 

 ring around neck, chest chestnut. Female : Varied 

 with dusky and ochraceous or buffy. 



27. Black Duck. 



Length about 22 inches. Bill about 2J inches 

 long. Sexes alike in plumage, dusky, with buffy 

 or ochraceous markings. 



28. Gadwall. 



Male: Length about 22 inches. Bill about 2 

 inches long. Female: Length about 18 inches. 

 Bill about 1 J inches long. Male plumage : Head 

 and neck brownish or whitish, speckled with black, 

 crop varied with crescentric bars of white and black, 

 middle wing-feathers chestnut, speculum white, 

 bill bluish-black, legs and feet dull orange-yellow, 

 the webs dusky. Female plumage : Above brown- 

 ish-dusky, below white, no chestnut on wings, or 

 very little. 



29. Baldpate. 



Length about 22 inches. Bill about 1J inches 

 long. Head and upper neck whitish, green on 



