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PJECILONITTA BAHAMENSIS. 



Pa-c. — Gutture albo ; speculo violaceo utrinque subflavo marginato; rostro duabus coccineia maculis lateribus. 



BAHAMA MARBLED DUCK. 



Throat white ; wing spot metallic violet, bounded on each side by a streak of buff ; the bill 

 with two red markings on the sides. 



IN. IN. 



Length 18i Tarsi 1 \ 



Bill If Middle toe ... . If 



Bill lead coloured, lighter on the sides ; tail and back brown, edged with lighter ; crown 

 immaculate sepia brown ; breast grey, spotted with brown ; wing spot metallic violet, bounded 

 anteriorly with a narrow stripe of buff, posteriorly with a broad one ; legs and bill fuscous, the 

 latter with a triangular patch of red on each side behind the nostrils. 



Sexes similar. 



In the young bird the bill is reddish brown. 



jlnas Bahamensis Linn. Syst. 1 . 1 99. 



Gmel Syst. 1. 516. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 835. 

 Ilatlicra Duck , Catesb. Carol. 1 . pi. 63. 



Perm. Arct. Zoul. I.pl. 95. 



Lath. Gen. Si/n. 6. 507. 



Mareca BaJtamensis &tej)h. Sit. Zool. 12. 137. 



Le Marec , . . . . Buff. 



Inhabits Brazil and the Bahamas. 



MARECA AMERICANA. 



Mar. Mas. — Speculo viridi, utrinque atro marginato, et fascia lata viridi post occulari. 

 Mar. Fern. — Brunnea, marginibus pennarum suturatioribus. 



AMERICAN WIDGEON. 



Mas. speculum metallic green, broadly bounded on each side by black ; a broad fascia of green 

 behind the eye. 



Fem. brown, the edges of each feather lighter. 



IK. IN. IN. 



Length 23 Bill If Tarsi 1 1 



