ORDER PALMIPEDES. Gl.5 



Western Duck. An. Stelleri, Pal. Spic. vj, pi. 5. 



White, varied with black ; mirror, metallic-black, 

 edged with Avhite ; beneath, rusty ; tail, of twelve 

 feathers. North America. Steller. Swensk. Zool. ij. 

 t. 62, Anas Dispar. Gmel. Penn. Art. Zool. t. 23. 



Canvas-backed Duck. An. Valisneria^ Wilson, Amer. 

 Orn. t. 70, f. 5. 



Grey- white, black- waved ; neck, glossy-chestnut ; chest- 

 band, black ; bill, straight ; sides, parallel. North 

 America. 



Muddy Duck. An. Rtibida, lb. ^1, f. 5, 6, of which 

 Prince Charles Bonaparte makes his subgenus Oa;y~ 

 ura, on account of its pointed tail. 



Bill, flat at the base ; nostrils, small ; linear tail- 

 feathers channelled at the tip, reddish-brown ; croNvn 

 and neck, black ; cheek and throat, white ; very 

 nearly allied to Anas Leucocephala, but tail-feathers 

 channelled the whole length. A. Jamaicensis, Lath., 

 perhaps a variety. 



To these we have added — 



Pied Duck. Anas Labradora, Wilson, Am. Orn. 

 t. 69, f. 6, 5 . 



Bill soft, at the tip black ; head, neck, chest, breast, 

 scapular, wing-coverts, and secondaries, white ; crown 

 and collar, black. North America. 



See Iceland Duck, Anas Islandica, Gmel. Pen. Art. 

 Zool. — Mexican Pochard, Anas Fulva, Gmel., 

 Mexico. — Red and Ferrugineous Duck, Pen. Br. 

 Zool. t. 99. — A7ias Ferruginea, Gmel. — Red-breasted 



