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MARECA FISTULARIS. 



.Mar. Mus. — Vertice flavo; capite cristaque castaneis. 

 Mar. Fern. — Brunnea, marginibus pennarum sutuiatioribus. 



WIDGEON. 



Male, crown cream-coloured ; head crested chesnut. 

 Fern, brown, with the edges of the feathers lighter. 



IN. IN. IN. 



Length 20 Bill \\ Tarsi 1£ 



Widgeon, with the crown cream-coloured ; cheeks, throat, and neck chesnut, occasionally 

 spotted with black; breast vinaceous ; back white, each feather minutely barred and waved with 

 dark grey; flanks the same; belly white ; under tail coverts black; speculum metallic green, 

 bounded by black ; wing coverts white ; remainder of the quills and coverts grey ; bill lead 

 coloured ; legs and feet black. 



Fern. : with the back fuscous grey, the edges of the feathers lighter ; head and neck fuscous 

 spotted with black ; below white ; remainder as in the male. 



Marecafistt/laris Steph. Sh. Zool, 12. 131. 



Anas fist ular is Briss. Orn. 6. 391, p. 35,/ 2. 



Anas Penelope Linn. Syst. 1 . 202. 



Gmel.Syst. 1. 527. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 860. 

 Widgeon Penn. Brit. Orn. 2. 268. 



Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 518. 



Canard siffteur Buff. Ois. 9. 169, ;;/. 10, 11. 



Trachea Linn. Trans, vol. iv. tab. 1 3, fig. 9. 



Common in the British islands during winter, frequenting both the sea and fresh water. 

 It is a very widely distributed species, being found throughout Africa, America, and Asia. The 

 trachea in the male of this species, like that of several of the genera nearly allied to it, is largest 

 immediately below the glottis, and again slightly enlarged at about one-third of its length interiorly ; 

 the inferior larynx, except in size (being smaller) greatly resembles that of Anas Doschas. 



