ANATIN.I'; — THE DUCKS ~ AIX. 



11 



Aiz sponsa. 



THE WOOD DVCK ; 8VHHEB SUCK. 



Anas s}}msa, Lixx. S. X. cd. 10, I. 17r.8, 128; cd. 12, 1. 1706, 207. — Wils. Ami. Om. VIII. 1814, 



!t7, i.l. 70, f. 3. - Ninr. Mini. II. 1834, 3i)4. — AiU). Om. IJiof;. 111. 183r., &2 ; V. 183lt, 018, pi. 



20(5 ; Syiu.p. 1S3!>, 280 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 271, pi. 3itl. 

 ,/(> .ipoii.il, Ii<iiK, Isis, 182(1, 32it. — HAiiii), IJ. N. Am. 1858, 785 ; (^iit. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 587.— 



('OUK.S Key, 1872, 288 ; Check List, 1873, no. li)l» ; 2(1 I'd. 1882, no. 719 ; 13. N. \V. 1874, 571. — 



KiiTsw. Xoiii. N. Am. I!. 1881, no. (113. 

 Dcwironcssa spoiis", S\v. & Kirii. F. I!. A. II. 1831, 440. 



IIaii. Whole iif tonipeiiite Xoitli Aiueiiea, north to tliii Fur Countries ; breeding throughout 

 its range. Cuba. .Veeiik'nlal in t^urojie. 



Sp. Char. AiIkU nude: Chin, throat, and forencek pure wliite, sending off laterally two 

 branches, — the fii-st acroi^s the cheeks, back of, and nearly to, the posterior angle of the ej^e, the 

 second across the lower part of the neck, almost to the nape ; both bars tapering toward the end, 

 and somewhat cur\'ed or falcate in sha))e; a narrow white line begins at the jioint of the maxil- 

 lary angle, and is continued back on each side of tint crown, widening considerably on tlie side 

 of the crest ; a second white line commences about half an inch behind the eye, anil nearly the 

 same distjince above the end of the 

 white cheek-bar, and follows the lower 

 edge of the crest, where considerably 

 wider than anteriorly ; remainder of the 

 head silky metallic green, violet, and 

 purple, as follows : cheeks and space be- 

 hind the white cheek bar soft viola- 

 ceous-black, in the latter region extend- 

 ing up to the lower white stripe, but in 

 the anterior area boundeil above and 

 anteriorly by dark metallic given, the 

 orbital region and anterior half of the 

 crest l)etween tin; white lines metallic- 

 reddish juirple ; foixihcad, crown, and 

 posterior portion of the crest nntallic 

 green ; terminal portion of the cre.st, 

 above, latei-.illy, and beneath, diU'k me- 

 tallic violet. Jugulum rich purplish 

 chestnut, with a metallic-purple gloss lat- 

 erally, the front and lower i)art marked 

 with deltoid spots of white, growing 

 larger towaitl the breast ; lireast and id)- 

 doineii immaculate white ; sides of the 

 breast with a broad white transverse bar, 

 and a wide black one immediately be- 

 hind it ; sides and flanks pale fidvous 

 buff, delicately undulated with black, the 

 , broad feathers forming the upper border 

 ej»ch beautifully marked with two black 

 crescentic Ijiirs, inclosing a white one ; 



cri-ssum didl black, fading gradually into dull rusty fulvous on the anal region. Back, lesser wing- 

 coverts, and rump dark slaty brownish, veiy faintly glossed with bronze, the wing-coverts more sluty, 

 the rump much darker, and gmdually deepening into black toward the upjier tail-coverts, which, 

 with the fail, are deep black, the latter with bronze-green reflection in certain lights ; a somewhat 

 ovate i)atch (iH)inted i>osteriorly) of rich dark metallic maroon-jiurjde on each side of the rump, 

 immediately behind the flanks ; just behind this, the two or three elongated lateral upi)er tail-coveils 



Male. 



