The Water Fowl. 2 1 



domestic Duck ; primaries uniformly 

 black, or with the inner web of a slightly 

 paler black than the outer ; axillaries 

 white ; under tail-coverts never plain 

 white nor barred across ; in the closed 

 wing, the first secondary reaching to about 

 the tip of the longest primary coverts. 

 Confined to the Indian Empire. P. 147. 



TRUE DUCKS. Varying in size from 

 that of a common Teal to that of a 

 domestic Duck ; the outer web of the 

 primaries blackish, the inner web drab, 

 with a blackish tip ; axillaries white, or 

 white mottled with brown ; under tail- 

 coverts never plain white nor barred 

 across ; in the closed wing, the first 

 secondary falling short of the tip of the 

 longest primary coverts by more than half 

 an inch. Of wide distribution. P. 168. 



MARBLED DUCKS. Rather larger than 

 a common Teal ; primaries grey on both 

 webs, with dusky tips, the first five or six 

 with a silver-grey tinge on the outer web ; 

 axillaries white, barred with brown near 

 the tips ; upper plumage marked with 

 large, roundish, pale buff spots ; under 

 tail-coverts barred across. Of wide dis* 

 tribution, P. 272. 



PINK-HEADED DUCKS. About the siae 



