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black ; throat, streak through the eye, and another below it, light ferruginous ; bill and legs lead 

 coloured. 



Fem: with the back deep brown ; flanks light brown, barred with darker; head deep brown, 

 slightly undulated with ferruginous ; under parts silvery grey, undulated with brown ; a dusky 

 white streak passes through the eye, and another below it ; wing spot white ; bill lead coloured ; 

 legs brown. 



^4nas Dominica Linn. Syst. 1 . 201 . 



Gmel. Syst. 1. 521. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 87-1. 



Ftrfigula Dominica Stejih. Sit. Zool. 12. 203. 



Querqueilula Dominicensis Briss. Orn. 6. 472. 



Anas SjMuosa Gmel. Syst. 1 . 522. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 874. 



»4nas Dominica P. Max. Bat. Nat. Braz. 4. 938. 



Sarcelle etc la Guadaloupe Buf. PI. Enl. 938. 



Sarcclle a queue epineme de Cayenne Buff. PL Enl. 968. 



Spinous-tailed Duck Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 554. 



A female specimen is in the British Museum. Both male and female are in our own collection, 

 obtained from Jamaica. It also, according to Prince Maximilian, inhabits Brazil. 



MERGUS MERGANSER. 



Mer. Mas. — Capite colloque superiore viridibus ; scapularibus primoribusque atris ; corpore subtus albo. 

 Mer. Fem. — Capite rufo ; corpore subtus cinerascenti-albo. 



COMMON MERGANSER. 



Male mer. with the head and upper part of the neck green ; the scapulars and primaries black ; 

 below white. 



Female, with the head rufous ; below ashy white. 



IN. IN- 



Length 29 Tarsi 1| 



Bill 2 Middle toe 2£ 



Male: head and neck deep glossy green, the former crested; upper part (if the back and 

 scapulars black ; lower part of the- back, tail, and secondary coverts, hoary grey ; quills and 

 secondaries brown; tertiaries white, beautifully edged with black ; bill red, with the margins and 

 culmen black; legs, feet, and webs, orange; hides hazel. 



Fem.: head and upper part of the neck rufous brown, the former crested on tin occiput; 

 throat white ; lower part of the neck, breast, flanks, and thighs, whitish ash; belly and abdomen 

 yellowish white : above dark asli ; feet, bill, and legs as in the male, but not so bright. 



Young similar to the female. 



