278 GARGANEY DUCK. Class II. 



long lines of white, pointing downwards ; the 

 breast is of a light brown, marked with semicir- 

 cular bars of black; the belly is white; the 

 lower part and vent varied with specks, the 

 bars of a dusky hue ; the coverts of the wings 

 are grey, but the lowest tipt with white ; the 

 first quil feathers are ash colored, the exte- 

 rior webs of those in the middle green ; the 

 scapulars are long and narrow, and elegantly 

 striped with white, ash color, and black ; the 

 tail dusky ; the legs lead color. 

 Female. The female is less than the male ; the crown 

 of the head is black ; the edges of the feathers 

 rust color ; near the bottom of the upper man- 

 dible is a M'hite spot; between the bill and the 

 eye a yellowish spot; beyond the eye a line 

 of white ; beneath that a dusky line, and under 

 that a dirty white one ; the chin and throat are 

 white ; the hind part of the neck, brown ; the 

 fore part streaked with brown and white ; the 

 breast spotted with black and rust color edged 

 with white ; the belly white ; the lesser coverts 

 of the wings a brownish ash-color ; the exterior 

 sides of the greater coverts a fine grey ; those 

 which lie over the secondaries are tipt with 

 white ; the quil feathers are dusky ; the secon- 

 daries tipt with white also edged on their out- 

 ward sides ; the tail consists of fourteen fea- 



