268 



LONG TAILED DUCK. Class IL 



21. Long 



TAILED. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Anas glacialis. A. cauda acu- 

 minata elongata, corpore ni- 

 gro subtus albo. {Mas a- 

 dultus.) Lath. Ind.orn. 864. 

 id. Syn. vi. 528. 



Wil. orn. 364. 



Rail Syn. av. 145. 



Long tailed Duck. Edw. av. 

 280. 



Le Canard a longue queue 

 d'Islande. Brisson av. vi. 



379- Hisi. d'ois. ix. 202. 

 PL Enl. 954. 



Anas glacialis. Gm. Lin. 528. 



Norvegis Ungle, Angeltaske 

 V. Troefoerer. Feroensihus 

 Oedel. Islandis Ha-EUa v. 

 Ha-Old. Incolis Christiansoe 

 Gadissen, Klaeshahn Dyk- 

 ker. Brunnich, 75, 76. 



Scopoli, No. 74. 



Br. Zool. 156. Tah. Q. 7- 

 Arct. Zool. ii. 291. 



X HIS is inferior in size to the former. The 

 bill is short, black at the tip and base, orange 

 colored in the middle; the cheeks are of 

 a pale brown ; the hind part of the head, and 

 the neck both before and behind are white ; the 

 sides of the upper part of the neck are marked 

 with a large dusky bar, pointing downwards ; 

 the breast and back are of a deep chocolate 

 color; the scapulars are white, long, narrow, 

 and sharp pointed; the coverts of the wings, 

 and greater quil feathers dusky ; the lesser of 

 a reddish brown; the belly white; the four 

 middle feathers of the tail are black ; and two 

 of them nearly four inches longer than the others, 

 w hich are white ; the legs dusky. These birds 



