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ANAS OBSCURA. 



.4n. — Brunnea, speculo violaceo atro marginato. 



DUSKY DUCK. 



Brown duck, with the speculum violet margined with black. 



IN. IN. 



Length 24 Tarsi If 



Bill 2| Middle toe 2| 



Male: crown, lower part of the neck, body, tail, and wings, entirely of a deep dusky brown, 

 each feather edged with lighter ; throat, cheeks, and upper part of the neck light brown, each 

 feather having on its shaft a dark brown streak ; speculum deep glossy violet margined with black ; 

 bill greenish, and formed similar to that of the mallard ; legs and feet dusky yellow. 



Female similar. 



Anas obscura Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 541. 



Lath. Tnd. Orn. 2. 871. 

 Dusk;/ Duck Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 545. 



IV Us. Am. Orn. 8. p. \W.pl 1 — 11. 



Penn. Arc/. Zool. N. 496. 



Inhabits America ; occurs chiefly on the coasts of Florida, New England, and New Jersey, 

 where it breeds in sequestered places on the marshes, laying eight or ten eggs similar to those of 

 A. Boschas. 



ANAS BOSCHAS. 



An. Mas. — C'apite colloque superiore viridibus; singulo collari albo. 

 An. Fem. — Brunnea, marginihus pennaruni suturatioribua ; speculo viridi. 



WILD DUCK. 



Male duck, with the head and upper part of the neck green ; collar white. 

 Fem. brown duck, with the margins lighter ; speculum green. 



IN. IN. IN. 



Length 24 Bill 2± Tarsi 2 



Male : head and upper part of the neck metallic green, below which is a white collar ; breast 

 vinaceous ; back brown ; scapulars and flanks white, undulated with black ; speculum metallic 



