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ANAS PECILORHYNCHA. 



Anas. — Brunnea, marginibus pennarum suturatioribus ; rostro culmine ad basin et apice aurantiacis. 



SPOTTED-BILLED DUCK. 



Brown duck, with the edges of the feathers lighter ; bill with the cutanea at the base and tip 

 orange. 



IN. IN. IN. 



Length 25 Bill 2{ Tarsi 2 



Slaty brown, with the feathers on the breast, belly, anil lower part of the neck broadly edged 

 with yellowish white, those on the back narrowly so ; crown as far as the eyes umber brown ; neck 

 white, with the centre of each feather dashed with brown ; wing spot metallic green, bordered with 

 velvet black, anterior to which there is a white stripe; exterior webs with some of the tertiaiirs 

 white ; bill black, with the tip for about a quarter of an inch and the upper part of the base orange ; 

 legs orange. 



Anas pcecUorhyncha Gtnel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 535. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 850. 



Gray, Ind. Zool. 



Mareca pcvcilorhyncha Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 134. 



Spotted-hdlcd Duck Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 487. 



Common in the East Indies and Ceylon. 



ANAS SPECULARIS. 



An. — Brunnea, macula magna et ovali utrinque ante oculos; rostro colloque superiore singulis albis. 



BRONZE-WINGED DUCK. 



Brown duck, with a large oval spot before the eyes ; bill and the upper part of the neck sur- 

 rounded by a collar of white. 



IN. IN. 



Length 25| Inner toe § 



Bill lg Middle toe 2± 



Tarsi lg Outer toe 21 



Head and neck umber brown, with a large oval spot of white between the eye and bill, placed 



