246 KING DUCK. Class II. 



10. King. Anas spectabilis. A. rostro ba- Anas freti Hudsonis. Brisson 



si gibbo compresso, carina av. vi. 365. 



pinnacea nigra, capite ca- Le Canard a tete grise. Hisi. 



nescente. Laih. Ind. orn, d'ois. ix. 253. 



845. id. Syn. vi. 473. Mus. Carlo, fasc. ii. t. 3Q 



Gm. Lhi. 907. {mas). 40 (feniina). 



Grey headed Duck. Edwards, King Duck. Arct, Zool. ii. 



154. 277. 



Descrip- [THE bill of this species of duck is red, and 

 extends high up the forehead on each side, in 

 form of a broad bean-shaped plate ; the head 

 and part of the back of the neck, light grey 

 bounded by a line of black dots ; the cheeks 

 and neck as low as the grey color, pea-green ; a 

 narrow black line bounds the lower parts of 

 the cheeks from the bar of the bill ; the throat, 

 neck, and breast, are white; the back, belly, 

 and. tail, black ; the lesser coverts of the wings, 

 and the primaries dusky brown; the seconda- 

 ries black, glossed with rich purple ; the coverts 

 above them forming a great bed of white ; the 

 legs of a dirty red color. Its size nearly dou- 

 ble that of the Mallard. 



Female. The female differs greatly in color, being for 

 the most part black and brown ; the belly 

 dusky ; the plate on the bill slightly eminent.* 



* Arct. Zool ii. 277. 



