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of the secondaries next the inner side of 

 the speculum, chestnut. Of wide distri- 

 bution. P. 79. 



COMB-DUCKS. About the size of a 

 small Goose ; primaries uniformly black ; 

 axillaries black; head and neck white, 

 spotted with black. Of wide distribution. 

 P. 101. 



WHISTLING DUCKS. About the size of 

 a small Duck ; primaries, axillaries, and 

 under wing-coverts uniformly black ; 

 feathers of the back broadly margined 

 with rufous. Of wide distribution. P. no. 



COTTON-TEAL. Much smaller than a 

 Common Teal ; primaries uniform brown, 

 with or without a large white patch ; 

 axillaries black, or else brown margined 

 with grey ; nearly all the secondaries 

 broadly tipped with white. Of wide 

 distribution. P. 125. 



WOOD-DUCKS. About the size of a 

 small Goose ; primaries uniformly black ; 

 axillaries white ; upper wing-coverts white, 

 with a broad black band separating them 

 from the slaty-blue speculum. The 

 eastern part of the Empire. P. 136. 



GREY DUCKS. Varying in size from 

 that of a common Teal to that of a 



