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edges; back and flanks white, undulated with lines of black ; middle tail feathers elongated grej 



black ; bill lead coloured ; feet and tarsi reddish ; eyes brown. 



Fein. : smaller than the male ; brown, with the edge of the feathers light ; lower parts lighter ; 

 scapulars buff, margined above with lighter, below with white; middle tail feathers slightly elon- 

 gated. During the summer months the male assumes nearly the plumage of the female, being 

 ferruginous below. 



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Anas caitdacuta "Ran Syn. 147. A 5. 



Dafi/a caudacuta Steph. Sh. Zool. 1 2. 1 27. 



Anas acuta Linn. Si/st. 1 . 202. 



Gmel. Syst. 1 . 528. 



Jl'ils. Am. Orn. 8. ''i. 



Querquedula acuta Selb. TUust. lint. Orn. ml. Li. 311. 



Trachea Linn. Trans, vol. 1. tali. 1 3, Ji : /. a. 



A very widely distributed species, being found over Asia, Europe, America, and the north of 

 Africa as far as the Gamba, from whence we have received them in the summer state of plumage. 

 Breeds in Holland and Germany in morasses, building its nest of flags and grass, and laying eight 

 eggs of a greenish blue colour. 



Trachea with the tube of equal diameter to one-third of its length infcriorly. where it is slightly 

 expanded, and again contracted above the inferior larynx, which is (except in size) similar to that 

 of A. Bosckas. 



DAFILA MARMORATA. 



Daf. — Toto corpora marmorato obscuro et subfusco. 



MARBLED DUCK. 

 Duck, with the whole body marbled with dark and light brown. 



Length 18 



Bill 1 t-5ths 



Tarsi IS 





IN. 





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Middle toe 



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The whole body beautifully marbled with light sepia brown and dusky white; the edges of 

 the feathers white, the base bright brown except those on the breast, which have the base lighter ; 

 head slightly crested ; the forehead, crown, and occiput light brown, the former barred with black ; 

 neck white, with minute longitudinal black dashes ; tail ashy brown, the tip of each feather lighter ; 

 bill and legs deep lead colour. 



