BRITISH BIRDS. 



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II IE RUDDY SHIE I.DRAKE. 



RUDDY (JOOSE, LATH. 



(Anas Riitila, Pallas. Canard kasarka y Temm.) 



THE above figure of this rare bird was taken 

 from a stuffed specimen once in the extensive 

 museum of Wycliffe, whose benevolent owner, 

 Marmaduke Tunstall, Esq., missed nothing which 

 could throw a light upon the wonders of creation, 

 and whose knowledge of natural history ranked 

 him amongst the first of its votaries. It is now in 

 the Newcastle Museum. 



The bill* measures from the tip to the brow 



* We forbear describing its colour, as that, with the irides, legs, 

 and feet, are seldom faithfully attended to by bird preservers; and 

 until an improvement takes place in this respect, as well as in giving 

 the contour of the figure, and placing the different series of the 

 feathers in their proper places, it will continue a great difficulty with 

 the artist to make a good figure, and with the ornithologist a correct 

 description. 



