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ANATID^, DUCKS. GEN. 253, 254, 255. 



the wings 



Tail 16-18-feathered. Eastern N. Am., abundant, especially 

 in 'New England and eastward. WiLS., viii, 141, pi. 72, f. 5; Nutt., 

 ii, 392; AuD., vi, 244, pi. 386; Bd., 775 obscuea. 



253. Genus DAFILA Leach. 



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Pintail. 3prifftail. Tail cuneate, when fully developed the central 

 feathers much projecting and nearly equalling the wing in length ; much 

 shorter and not so narrow in the $ and young ; 4 to 9 inches long ; wing 

 11 ; total length about 24. Bill black and blue, feet grayish-blue ; head and 



u^Dper neck dark brown, with 

 green and purple gloss, sides 

 of neck with a long white 

 stripe; lower neck and 

 under parts white, dorsal 

 line of neck black, passing 

 into the gray of the back, 

 which, like the sides, is 

 verniiculated with black ; 

 speculum greenish-purple, 

 anteriorly bordered by buff 

 tips of the greater coverts, 

 elsewhere by black and white ; tertials and scapulars black and silvery ; 

 $ and 3'oung with the whole head and neck speckled or finely streaked with 

 dark brown and grayish or yellowish-brown ; below, dusky-freckled ; above, 

 blackish, all the feathers pale-edged ; only a trace of the speculum between 

 the white or whitish tips of the greater coverts and secondaries. N. Am., 

 abundant. Wils., viii, 72, pi. 68, f. 3; Nutt., ii, 386; Aud., vi, 266, 

 390; Bd., 776. Anas caiidacuta Sw. and Eich., F. B.-A. ii, 441. acuta. 



Fig. 18U. Female Piutail. 



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254. Genus CHAULELASMUS Gray. 



Oi ' Gadioall. $ with most of the plumage barred or half-ringed with black 

 and white, or whitish; middle wing coverts chestnut, greater coverts black, 

 S])eculuni luhite; 9 known by these wing-marks; 19-22; wing 10-11; 

 N. Am., common. Sw. and Rich., F. B.-A., ii, 440; Wils., viii, 120,: 

 pi. 71, f. 1 ; Nutt., ii, 383 ; Aud., vi, 254, pi. 388 ; Bd., 782. streperus. 



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255. Genus MARECA Stephens. 

 *** Bill shorter than head, grayish-blue like the feet; tail 14-16-feathered 

 pointed, but hardly or not half as long as the wing ; top of head white or nearly 

 so, plain or speckled, its sides, and the neck, more or less speckled ; fore breast 

 light brownish-red ; belly pure white ; criss'um abruptly black ; middle aud greater 

 coverts white, latter black-tipped ; speculum green, black-bordered ; ?0-22 ; wing 

 11 ; tail 5 ; tarsus 2 ; bill 1^-1^ ; $ known by the wing-markings. 

 'j European Widgeon. Head and neck reddish-brown, scarcely varied ; top 

 of head creamy, or brownish-white, its sides with mere traces of green. 



