Class II. 



VELVET DUCK. 



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Inhabits Hudsoris Bay, and in winter is Place. 

 found as low as New York; is common in 

 Greenland, where its down is as useful to the 

 natives as that of the Eider ; extends from Nor- 

 way to Kamschatka, and has been killed in the 

 Orknies. Ed. 



Anas fusca. A. nigricans, pal- 



pebra inferiore speculoque 



alarum albis. Lath. Ind. 



orn. 848. id. Syn. vi. 482. 



id. Sup. i. 274. id. Sup. ii. 



350. id. Lin. Tr. iv. II9. 



tah. 15. Jg. 3—7. 

 Anas nigra, rostro nigro rubro 



etluteo. Aldr. av. iii. 97. 

 The black Duck. Wil. orn. 



363. 

 Haii Syn. av. 141. 

 Dale's hist. Harwich, 405. 

 Turpan. N. Com. Petr. iv. 



420. 



La grande Macreuse. Brisson 11. Velvet. 



av. vi. 423. Hist. dois. ix. 



242. PL Enl. 956. 

 Anas fusca. Gm, Lin. 507. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. IQQ. 

 Gunner. Tab. v. 

 Incolis Christiansoe Svoerte. 



Norvegis Soe-Orre, Hav- 



Orre v. Sav-Orre, quibus- 



dam Sorte. Brunnich, 48. 

 Nordische schwartze Ente, 



Frisch, ii. l65. Supl. 

 Scopoli, No. 6S. 

 Br. Zool. 152. Add. Plates. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 278. 



X HE male of this species is larger than the Descrip- 

 tame duck. The bill is broad and short, yel- ^^*^^' 

 low on the sides, black in the middle, and the 

 hook red; the head, and part of the neck, is 

 black tinged with green ; behind each ear is a 

 white spot ; and in each wing is a white fea- 

 ther ; all the rest of the plumage is of a fine 

 black, and of the soft and delicate appearance 



