274 BIMACULATED DUCK. Class II. 



edged with white ; the greater quil feathers are 

 dusky ; the outmost webs of the middle feathers 

 of a fine green, the tips black ; the last are ele- 

 gantly striped with black and white; the two 

 middle feathers of the tail are longer than the 

 others, black and sharp pointed; the rest ash 

 Female, colored ; the legs dusky. The head of the fe- 

 male is of a rusty brown, spotted with black ; 

 the back is of a deep brown, edged with a 

 paler; the tips of the lesser quil feathers white; 

 the belly white. 



6. BiMACU- Anas glocltans. A. subcristata maculis nigris, speculo ala- 



LATED. fusca nigro undata, capite rum viridi albo marginato. 



viridi, macula ante poneque Lath. Ind. orn. 862. id. Syn. 



oculos ferruginea, pectore vi. 521. 



Descrip- JlHE length is twenty inches; the extent 

 twenty-five and a half. The bill is a deep lead 

 color ; the nail black ; the crown of the head 

 brown changeable with green, ending in a streak 

 of brown at the hind part, with a small crest. 

 Between the bill and the eye, and behind each 

 ear is a ferruginous spot ; the first round, the 

 last oblong and large ; the throat is of a fine 

 deep purple ; the rest of the head of a bright 

 green, continued in streaks do^vn the neck ; the 

 breast a light ferruginous brown, spotted with 



