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ami entire lower jiiirts from tlie hrenst hack, deep Muck ; primary coverts, primaries, and tail 

 l.hakish dusky ; rest of the plunmf,'e, includinj,' the fahate tertials, continuouH wiiite, the breast 

 Uuiivl witli cicamy Imfl" (mucli less deeply than in ^S. hwlliiaiiiui), the up^ter half of the uaim, the 

 aiiricnlar re;,'ion, and tiie upper 

 iHinler of tiie cheeks deeply 

 -i.iine<l with yellowish green ; 

 tiiroat with a liirj^e V-sliaped 

 mark of velvety Mack, liill or- 

 an^'c r»-<i, ]>aler terminally (li^lit 

 n-<ldisli in tlie dried skin), tlie 

 nail yellowish white ; iris dark 

 hmwii ; feet yellow. Aihill fe- 

 Milk: Li^'ht fulvous, barred with 

 Maik, the bars widest on the 

 wajiulai-s ; head and neck linely 

 streaked with black, tiie throat 

 nearly immaculate ; abdomen 

 usually plain grayish brown ; 

 greater wing-coverts, primary 

 covert!*, rciniges, and rectrices 

 plain gravisji dusky, the greater 

 t'lvert* and secondaries distinctly 

 ti|>iic<l with white. Yhidiij: Sim- 

 ilar to the adult female, lint 

 up|K'r ]iarts dusky, the feathers 

 iMinleretl with rusty fulvous, the 

 gn-aiir coverts autl secondaries 

 not tip]ie<l with white. 



Wing, 11.75-12.7,5 inches; 

 culmen, 1.8(1-2. 20; from lip of 

 bill to ei'd of basal angle, 2. .")()- 

 3.10; gn-atcst width of angle, 

 .2<»-.30 ; t.u'sus, 2.(M»-2.;jO ; mid- 

 dle toe, 2.50-2.h;").> 



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This species — pssoiitially 

 an Kidcr in all respects, not 

 only in Imhit.s, appearance, 

 but in all the peculiar character i.sties of this wcll-iuiirkcd form — replace.s the 

 mit//i.is!iiiii on the northwestern eo.ast of .Viuerica, and on the .Vrctic Ocean, at least 

 as far to the east as the nioiitii of tlit^ ('oi)periniin' River. Mr. Bernard Ross records 

 it as t»rcurring at Great Slave Lake, lat. (it ' nortii. ami lonj,'. 114° we.st; but it was 

 rare in that locality, only two specimens having Im-cii obtained, 



Mr. l>all mentions lindiiig this Duck comnioii in the I.slaini of St. Michael's in the 

 month of July, at which tinuf his observations lH>,ir!in. It was known to the RtLSsians 

 as the liiirge IMstrik. So far ;is he was able to observe, it apjieared to have a very 

 liuiiti'il range — as much so lus that of Arftonrffo Fisr/im'. Individuals wet*! much 

 more numerous, and large Hocks of males were fre(|uently .seen near the Fort. Ry 

 Scpt4'mlKT all had assniiu'd a uniform brown color, with dark iwncillings. The eye 

 is .said to be hazel. They all hd't in a body alxuit the lirst of f)ctolM'r. 



Mr. Rannister also speaks of this Duck as breeding in abinidance in ami around 

 St. Michael's. In the early spring, when it fir.st made its apiH-arance, tlie sexes 



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I Nine t'xani|>leii ineuDureJ. 



