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BUCKS (ANAS). 



We are now arrived at the third Order in the Lin- 

 najan classification, called Jnseres. The whole of the 

 birds in this order have webbed feet, and reside prin- 

 cipally on the water. 



These Cases contain upwards of forty species of the 

 genus Anas, or Duck, many of them of the larger 

 size. 



The Black Swan (Anas Atrata), of New Holland ; 

 the Canada Goose (A Canadensis), and the Egyptian 

 Goose (A. -S^gyptiana), lived some time in the 

 Queen's Menagerie at Frogmore, and were graciously 

 presented to the Museum by her Majesty, to whose 

 condescension I am indebted for many of the fine 

 subjects of Natural History in my collection. 



The Spur-winged Geese (Anas Gambensis), male 

 and female ; and the highly curious, non-descript 

 species, having a very high crest-like protuberance, 

 the whole length of the upper mandible : they were 

 lately sent from the interior of Africa, on the banks of 

 the Gambia, by M. De Bonay, of Senegal, by whose 

 exertions this collection has been considerably en- 

 riched, by the addition of many extremely curious 

 and hitherto unknown Quadrupeds and Birds. 



In these Cases are also the Lobated Duck of New 

 Holland (Anas Lobata), so called from the fleshy 

 appendage attached to the under mandible ; and the 

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