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ANAS SPARSA. 



An. — Bmnnea, scapularibus remigibusque interioribus tribus vel cluobus transversia el fnsciis ferrugineia 

 ornatis. 



SPECKLED DUCK. 

 Brown duck, with the scapulars and tertiaries banded with three or four transverse fasciae. 



IN. IS. 



Length 23| Tarsi 2 



Bill If Middle toe 2\ 



Deep sepia brown duck, with the fore part of the neck and throat lighter, but thickly and 

 minutely spotted with deep brown ; scapulars and upper tertiaries each with one, two, or three 

 bands of buff, on the former interrupted by the shaft and a small space on each side, which are of 

 the same colour as the greater portion of the plumage, and on the latter merely extending over the 

 outer webs ; wing spot bright metallic green, bounded posteriorly and anteriorly first with a band 

 of black, then with one of white ; tail and tail coverts marked as the scapulars, but more obscurely ; 

 bill lead coloured ; legs and feet orange, with the webs dusky. 



Anas sparsa Smith, Cat. S. A/ric. Mus. 



Inhabits Southern Africa, and was brought to England by Dr. A. Smith, to whom we are indebted 

 for permission to take the above description. 



CARINA 3IOSCHATA. 



( 'ar. — Niger, ptilis albis. 



MUSK DUCK. 

 Black, with the coverts white. 



IN. 



Letujth 32± Bill 2% Tarsi 21 



Glossy black, with the wing coverts white ; the bill in the male carunculated, less so in the 

 female ; legs black ; caruncle red. In a domesticated state a greater or less quantity of white 

 feathers make their appearance. 



