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ANAS SFPEECILIOSA 



(GREY DUCK.) 



Supercilious BucJc^ Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 2, p. 497 (1785). 

 Anas siiperciliosa^ Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 537 (1788, ex Lath.). 

 Anas leuGophrys^ Forster, Descr. Anim. p. 93 (1844). 

 Anas sandivichensis, Bonap. C. R. xliii. p. 649 (1856). 



A^ias miilleri^ Bonap. C. R. xliii, p. 649 (1856). 



Native name. — Parera. 



Ad. supra brunneuSj plumis omnibus ftdvescente marginatis^ pilei et colli postici plumis quasi striatis : liuca 



superciliari distincta fulvescenti-alba^ altera inferiore brunnea a summa maxilla per oculum post 

 regionem paroticam ducta : facie reliqua et gutture toto fulvescenti-albis^ linea faciali indistinctiore a 

 basi maxillai versus regionem paroticam^ hac ct colli lateribus brunneo striatis : tectricibus alarum 

 dorso concoloribus et eodem modo limbatis^ majoribus velutino-nigro terminatis : remigibus brunneis^ 

 secundariis extus Isete purpurascenti-viridibus^ versus apicem velutino-nigris^ angnste albo terminatis ; 

 Cauda brunne^^ rectricibus anguste fulvo marginatis : corpora reliquo subtus pallidiiis brunneo^ late 

 fulvescente marginatis^ quasi marmoratis : subalaribus albis ; rostro plumbeo^ mandibula brunnesceute : 

 pedibus flavicanti-brunneis : iride rufescenti-brunnea. 



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Adult. Top of the head and a broad streak from the base of the upper mandible through the eyes brownish 

 blacky the former slightly marked with grey ; a narrow streak from the forehead over the eyes^ the 

 cheeks and the whole of the throat yellowish Avhite^ sometimes tinged with rufous ; from the gape^ or 

 angles of the mouthy and crossing the cheeks a mottled streak of very dark brown ; ear-coverts and 

 sides of the neck greyish brown, mottled or striated with yellowish white; general upper surface 

 blackish brown^ each feather margined more or less distinctly with fulvous white, and those composing 

 the mantle having a strong coppery hue ; fore neck, breast, and underparts greyish brown, varied with 

 fulvous white; inner lining of wings and axillary plumes pure white; sides of the body and flanks 

 blackish brown, each feather margined with dull fulvous white ; primary quills dark velvety brown on 

 their upper surface, greyish nnderncath; speculum rich glossy green, bounded on both sides with 

 velvety black ; the secondaries with a narrow terminal edge of white, and of those overlapping the 

 speculum the whole of the inner webs deep velvety black; the superior wing-coverts dark brown, 

 with a broad edging of velvety black, below which there is a line of yellowish white. Irides reddish 

 brown ; bill bluish lead-colour, the nail black, and the lower mandible tinged with brown ; legs 

 yellowish brown, the webs darker. Length 20 inches; wing, from flexnre, 16; tail 2*5 ; bill, along the 



ridge 2, along the edge of lower mandible 2-25 ; tarsus 1'5 ; middle toe and claw 2-25. 



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