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DAFILA UROPHASIANUS. 



Daf. Mas. — Cauda pallide run's; dorso, capite, colloque brunneis, marginibus pennarum saturatioribus. 

 Daf. Fem. — Mare similis, sed subtus fuscus. 



PINTAIL. 



Pintail, with the tail pale rufous ; the back, head, and neck brown ; with the edges of the 

 feathers lighter. 



Fem. like the male, but below fuscous. 



IN. IN. IN. 



Length 2\\ Bill 2 Tarsi If 



Male : with the head, neck, and body grey brown ; the edges of the feathers light fuscous ; 

 cheeks, throat, and upper part of the fore neck, white ; wing coverts fuscous ; speculum bright 

 green, anterior to which there is a stripe of pale red-fuscous ; posteriorly a narrow one of black, 

 then a broad one of pale reddish fuscous ; tail and upper tail coverts pale reddish ; bill and legs 

 fuscous, the former with an orange patch on each side, 



Female : similar to the male, but much smaller ; and below brownish fuscous. 



Anas urqphasumzu, King Zool. Jour. 4. 351 . 



Although some difference exists in length between our specimens of this bird and that 

 described by Capt. King as above, and also a trifling one in colouring, we have been induced to 

 place them as one, both having been received from the west coast of South America, placing ours 

 the smallest as the female. Mr. Vigors, however, makes no mention of the orange marking on 

 each side of the bill, which we suspect to be only apparent in old birds during the season of love. 

 The buff colour on the wing also changes to white during certain times of the year in all the 

 Pintails. 



