272 RED DUCK. Class II. 



the coverts of the wings a plain ash color ; the 

 back marked like that of the male ; the belly 

 ash colored. These birds frequent fresh water 

 as well as the sea, and being very delicate 

 eating, are much sought for in the London 

 markets, where they are known by the name 

 of Dun birds. 



24. Red. Anas ferruginea. A. fusco-ru- Anas rufa rostro pedibusque 



fa, abdomine albo, rostro di- cinerels. Faun. Suec. sp. 



latato pedibusque pallide 47- 



caeruleis. Lath. Jnd. orn-. Arct. ZooL ii. 304. 

 866. id. Syn. vi. 526. 



Descrip- X HE description of this species was sent to us 



TION. 



by Mr. Bolton. The weight was twenty ounces. 

 The bill long and flatted, rounded a little at 

 the base, serrated along; the edses of each man- 

 dible, and furnished with a nail at the end of 

 the upper ; the color a pale blue. The head, 

 neck, and whole upper part of the bird of an 

 agreeable reddish brown j the throat, breast, 

 and belly, of the same color, but paler; the 

 legs of a pale blue ; but the webs of the feet 

 black. 



This species, he informed us, was killed in 

 Lincolnshire. We do not find it mentioned 

 by any writer, except Linnaus, who took his 



