KING DUCK. 525 



11^ ; tail 3| ; bill from the base of the tumid part 1|, along the edge of 

 lower mandible S/j ; tarsus If ; middle toe 2\% its claw |. 



Adult Female. Plate CCLXXVI. Fig. 2. 



The Female differs greatly from the male. The bill is shorter, its 

 tumid basal lobes narrow and not ascending perpendicularly, so that the 

 forehead is low as in most Ducks. The feathers of the head and upper 

 part of the neck are small, soft, and uniform. The colour of the bill is 

 pale greenish-grey ; the iris dull yellow ; the feet dull ochre. The head 

 and neck are pale greyish-yellow, with small lines of brownish-black. 

 The feathers of the back are brownish-black towards the end, with yel- 

 lowish-grey edges, the scapulars brownish-red on the margins. The quills 

 and tail-feathers are deep greyish-brown ; the recurved secondaries broad- 

 ly edged externally with yellowish-grey. The fore part of the lower neck 

 and breast, the sides, and lower tail-coverts, have a central mark and sub- 

 marginal band of brownish-black, the middle of the breast scarcely spotted, 

 being of the general colour of the lower parts, which is pale yellowish- 

 brown. 



Length to end of tail 20 inches, to end of wings 17; wing from 

 flexure 10 J ; tail 3| ; bill from the separation of the lobes li ; tarsus 1^% ; 

 middle toe 2 A, its claw #. 



