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lum are similar to those of the male; the belly is 

 white nearly to the thighs, whence to the vent, and 

 under tail coverts it is spotted with brown ; the tail 

 consists of sixteen pointed feathers, of a dark 

 cinereous brown, tipped and edged with dull white ; 

 her legs and feet are like those of the male. 



According to Pallas, this species is a native of 

 Siberia, frequenting Lake Baikal and tjie River 

 Lena. They have rarely been met with in the 

 British isles;* a pair of them, which had been 

 taken in a decoy near Maldon, in Essex, in the 

 winter of 1812-13, were obligingly lent to this work 

 by N. A. Vigors, Esq., and transmitted to the 

 author with sedulous care by (T. T. Eox, Esq. 



* Latham mentions two, which were taken in a decoy in England. 





