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head. The whole of the forehead and 

 crown, to a point below the eye, are rich 

 brown. A broad white band runs from 

 the base of the upper mandible, on either 

 side, to the back of the head, followed 

 below by a broad brown band. The chin 

 and throat, and the whole space between 

 these brown bands, are pure white. The 

 hindneck is brown and the broad collar 

 round the neck is grey or fulvous, closely 

 barred with dark brown as in the male. 

 The other parts of the plumage and the 

 wings do not differ from the same parts in 

 the male, except that the upper tail-coverts, 

 are cross-barred like the rump, not plain 

 chestnut. 



Male : length about 17 ; wing 6| ; tail 4. 

 Female : length about 16 ; wing 6 ; tail 3^. 

 The bill in old drakes is blue ; in females 

 and young males, dull plumbeous. The 

 irides are dark brown. The legs and feet 

 are bluish black. The weight of this Duck 

 does not appear to have been recorded. 



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