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49$. Ilatksra. ■ Ilathera Duck, €ate/iy, i. 93. — Anas Bahamenfis, Lin. Sjjl. igg.— -Latham, iii. 



With a large duflcy blue bill 5 on the bafe of the "upper man' 

 dible a great triangular orange-colored fpot : head, as far as the 

 eyes, hind part of the neck, and back, of a mixed grey, inclining to 

 yellow : fore part and fides of the neck white : belly of the fame color, 

 fpotted with darker : leffer coverts of the wings, and primaries, 

 duiky; great coverts green, tipt with black : fecondaries dull yellow : 

 legs lead-colored. In Size fomewhat lefs than the. common Tama. 

 Duck. 

 Placb* Inhabits the Bahama iflands ; but is very rare: extends to the 



'Braftls, where the Indians call it Marecu *. This fpecies, the Sum- 

 mer Duck, and the Whiftling Duck, Edw. \ 93, perch and rooil on 

 trees ; and are among the few of this clafs which do not migrate 

 northward to breed. 



496. DusKv. T^ With a long and narrow dufky bill, tinged with blue : crown 

 duflcy : chin white : neck pale brown, ftreaked downwards with 

 dufky lines : back, and coverts of the wings, deep brown : breaft and 

 belly of the fame color, edged with dirty yellow : primaries dufky : 

 fpeculum of a fine blue, bounded above with a black bar : tail cuneir 

 form ; dufky, edged with white : legs in one fpecimen dufky, in ano- 

 ther yellow. Length near two feet. 

 Placed From the province of iVi?w Tor^. — ^^Bl. Mus. 



<(97. Western. Anas SteUeri, Pallas Spkil. Zool. fafc. v. p: 35. tab. v. — Latham, iiio 



— ^Lev. Mus. 



With the head, cheeks, and upper part of the neck, white : be- 

 tween the bill and the eyes a mallard-green fpot ; another 

 acrofs the hind part of the head : chin and throat of a full black i 



* Mar (grave, 214. 

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