250 TUFTED DUCK. Class II. 



coverts of the wings are of a pure white ; the 

 quil feathers dusky on their exterior sides and 

 ends, part of their interior webs are white ; the 

 secondaries white tipt with black ; the rest of 

 the plumage is black, varied about the head 

 with purple ; the tail is very short, and consists 

 of fourteen feathers ; the legs are of a bluish 

 grey, the webs black. The female wants the 

 crest. 



When young, this sex is of a deep brown, 

 and the sides of the head next the bill are of a 

 pale yellow ; but it preserves the other marks 

 of the old duck. In this state it has been de- 

 scribed in the Ornith, boreal. 91, under the title 

 of Anas latirostra. 



