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4—4, Awnasuers. Spec. 1. 
| etrophthalmus, (snub-nose,) nose truncate ; body 
__ eylindric, covered with strong scales. 
See MS. P. 
4—1. ANARRHICAS. Spec. 3. 
dupus, (sea-wolf,). brown, with dark coloured 
bands ; fins mostly whitish. 
See MS. P. 
2—6. Awnas. Spec. 120. 
cygnus, (wild swan,) bill semicylindric, black ; 
cere yellow ; body white. 
tadorna, (sheldrake,) bill knobbed at the base, 
front compressed ; head greenish-black ; body 
variegated with white.. 
spectabilis, (grey-head duck,) bill compressed at 
the base, having a black feathery keel; head 
hoary. 
nigra, (black diver,) body totally black ; bill gib- 
bose at the base. 
marila, (scaup duck,) black; shoulders waved- 
cinereous ; belly and a spot on the wings white. 
anser, (common goose,) bill semicylindric ; body 
cinereous above, pale beneath ; neck striate. In 
wild flocks in Asia. By domestication it be- 
comes white, pied and variously coloured, and 
too thick and clumsy for flying to great distan- 
Ges. 
bernicla, (brent-goose,) brown; head, neck and 
‘breast black ; collar white. 
canadensis, (wifd-goose,) cinerious; head and 
neck black; cheeks and chin white. 
leucocephala, (blue-bill duck, white-head duck,) 
bill broad ; tail feathers rigid, pointed, channel- 
led, middle ones longer, . 
