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LAMELLIROSTUAL SWIMMERS — ANSEllEf,. 



Ill 



Male. 



fulvous or raw-umber lirown ; breiist and abiloinen white ; anal rugioii dull brown, longer featbeis 

 of the crissuiii whitish ; winga as in ihe nude ; reniaiiiii.,' upper parts dull dark brown, the featlicis 

 of the back narrowly tipped with fulvous. Bauds on the bill narrower and less distinct than in 



the nude ; iris yellovv ; feet slaty. 



Total length, n'wout IG to 18 inches, extent, 

 24 to 27; culnien, 1.75-2.00 ; tarsus, 1.30-1.4,') ; 

 middle toe, 2.00-'.'. 15. 



Dovmij ijoumj : ' Above, grayish umber-browii, 

 relieved by sev< a .spots of light buff, as follows : 

 a small and inconspicuous spot in the middle 

 of the back, b'tween, and a little anterior to, the 

 wings ; a If 'g'.' patch on each side the back, an- 

 other on e /J'., side the rump, at the base of the 

 tail, and o ijiir across the posterior border of eadi 

 wing. Cr orrn, occiput, and nape crossed longi- 

 tudinall'/ by a wide stripe of deep grayish um- 

 ber ; a ; jundish isolated spot of light grayish 

 brown lirectly over the ears ; renuunder of the 

 head, ',11 hiding the forehead, and lower parts gen- 

 eralli „ light dingy buff, the flanks crossed by 11 

 brov'ii transverse stripe from the rump to the 

 tib| ',. Side of the head ivithout any longitudinal 



St-ip'S. 



The chief variation in the plumage of this 

 -jKcies consists in the distinctness of the chest- 

 nut collar in the male. In some e.\am]des this 

 is scarcely more conspicuous than in F. affinis, V-ing dull brown instead of reddish ; but usually 

 the color is a well-defined chestnut, j)articularly in front. 



The female Ring-neck resenddes very closel' in- 

 deed that of the Red-head (.Ethyia amcricana)'' lut 

 may be distinguished by the character to whi. 'a at- 

 tention is called under the latter species (see j- 3 J). 



The King-necked Duck, as compare '. with 

 other si)ecies, does not appear to be an. v/here 

 an abundant bird, although found nearly 

 throughout America. It breeds as iu- south 

 as Calais, near the eastern coast, in southern 

 Wisconsin, and in Minnesota. It is said to 

 breed as far to the north as Fort 8impson, 

 where it was found by ;Mr. B. Ilo-s. In the 

 winter it extends its migrations 'x< the Gulf 

 of Mexico, to the Pacific coast of Mexico, and 

 to Central America. It is also lound in the 

 winter in Cuba, and probably in most, if not 

 all, the other West India islaiids. Dr. Bry- 

 ant speaks of finding it in im Ji'mse flocks in 

 winter in the Bahamas. 



This Duck was taken by Ml: Salvin at Coban, Vera Paz, November, 1859, when it 

 was found frequenting tht' ?'iver in considerable numbers. Colonel Grayson also 



1 Described from No, 60550. Cnkis, Me. ; G. A. noAunMAN. This example is pretty well grown, 

 Iwing nearly 8 inches in total lei I'/th, the bill nearly 1 inch ; younger individuals would doubtless be more 

 highly colored — probably deep 'ji iff beneath and on the h(!ad. 



Female, 



