620 CLASS AVES. 



Summer jyuck. An. Sponsa, L. Enl. 980 and 981, 



Wilson, viij. 78, 3. 



The capsules are of moderate size, and round. 



Edw. t. 101, metallic, throat with a pendant crest ; 

 mirror, purplish-blue, white tipt ; under wing-coverts, 

 white, black spotted ; bill, small ; builds on trees. 

 North and South America, and West Indies. 



Other foreign species have, with the bill of the 

 duck, legs higher than those of the goose. They 

 perch and build in trees. 



Black-bellied Whistling Duck, An. Arborea, Enl. 



804. Edw. t. 193. 

 Neck, back, and scapulars, brown ; crown slightly 

 crested, dusky ; throat and beneath, white. Jamaica. 



Red-billed Whistling Duck, An. Autumnalis, 826. 



West Indies. Edwards, t. 194. 

 Chestnut and white ; vent and quills, black ; white 

 bar on wings. 



Spanish Duck, An. Viduata, 808. 



Back and breast ferruginous, with dusky lines ; belly, 

 light brown, spotted black ; head, white ; crown, 

 black. Carthagena. 



To these we may add. 



Spotted-beaked Duck, Anas MacuUrostris, Licht. 



Canard a Bee tricolor, Azara, 440. 

 Bill, brown ; tip, black, base with two red spots ; 

 crown and nape, black ; throat and sides of head, yel- 

 lowish ; neck and chest, ash, with round black spots ; 

 sides, rump, and vent, black and white banded. 

 Length, fifteen or sixteen inches. Brazils. 



Gerra Teal, Lath. H., Anas Gerra, Gray. 

 White ; bill, top of head, back, collar, both ends of 



