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BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE KING DUCK. 



(Anas SpectdbiltS) Linn. Canard a fete grise, 

 Temm.) 



THE stuffed specimen from which the above 

 figure was made, was obligingly lent to this work 

 by Matthew Bell, Esq., of Woolsington, to whom 

 it was presented by William Nelson Griffiths, Esq., 

 of his Majesty's ship Griper. It was shot at Mel- 

 ville Island, during Captain Parry's first expedition 

 for the discovery of a north-west passage to the 

 Pacific Ocean. This is somewhat less than the 

 Eider Duck. Length two. feet; the bill, from the 

 tip to the protuberance on the upper mandible, one 

 inch and an eighth ; that, as well as the rest of the 

 bill, is of an orange colour. The protuberance is 

 compressed on the sides, and elevated nearly to the 



