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yjj jAnSERES. 



• [Webbed-footed. Faun. Am. Sept. 



29. Anas,|44 Marila. 196.8. Scaup Duck. Br 

 JJuck, I Zool. Faun. Am. Sept. 1 7. 



Severn River, N° 44 and 45. Fishing Ducks. 



Linneus's description, and the figure in the Br 

 Zoology folio plate Q. p. 153, agree per- 

 teaiy well with the specimens. The female 

 as Lmneus observes, is quite brown, the breast 

 and upper part of the back being of a o-lossv 

 reddish brown ; the speculum of the^wino- 

 and the belly are white. The eyes of th? 

 male have very bright yellow irides ; those 

 of the female are of a faint dirty yellow. 

 I he female is two ounces heavier than the 

 male, which weighs one pound and a half, 

 IS 16^ inches long, and 20 inches broad. 



Anas. 45. Nivalis. Snow Goose. Faun. Am. Sept 

 p. 16. Lawson's Carolina. Anser niveus Briss 

 y I. 288. Klein. Anser nivis. Schwenkfeld, Mar- 

 sigh. Danub. p. 802. t. 49. 



Severn River, N° 40, and a young one, N" 41. white 

 Goose. 



These white geese are very numerous at Hud- 

 son's Bay, many thousands being annually 

 killed with the gun, for the use of the set- 

 tlements. They are usually shot whilst on 

 the wing, the Indians being very expert at 

 that exercise, which they learn from their 

 youth; they weigh five or six pounds, are 



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