ANATINyE — THE DUCKS — ERISMATURA. 



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side of the head, below the eyes, iiK^ludinj,' tlu^ mal;ir TC^ion and chin, pure white ; rest of neck, 

 entire upper parts, sides, and Hanks, rich chestnut-rufous or piu]dish-ferruginou3 ; wing-coverts 

 and middle of the rump dusky grayish brown, minutely mottled with paler ; remiges dull brownish 

 dusky ; rectrices brownish l)lack, the shafts deej) black ; lower parts white on the surface, but the 



Male. 



concealed portion of all the feathers dark brownish gray, showing when the feathers are disarranged 

 and in midsummer specimens completely exposed by abiasion of the tips of the feathers ; jugulum 

 strongly washed with fulvous-buff, this sometimes invading the abdomen. Lower tail-coverts 

 entirely white, to the roots of the feathers. " Bill and edges of the eyelids grayish blue ; iris 



Female. 



hazel ; feet dull grayish blue, webs inclining to dusky ; claws grayish bro^\^^ " (Audubon). Adtdt 

 female : Top of the head, down to below the eyes, and upper parts generally, dusky grayish brown, 

 minutely freckled with pale grayish fulvous (more reddish on the head) ; remainder of the head 

 dirty grayish white, crossed longitudinally by a stripe of speckled dusky, running from the rictus 

 back across the auriculars, parallel with the lower edge of the brown of the top of the head ; neck 

 pale brownish gray, fading gradually into the white of the chin ; lower parts, except sides and 

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