No. 9. 

 Anas strepera. 



Adult male. Head and neck pale buff gray, freckled with 

 grayish brown ; crown and hind neck darker ; lower neck and 

 breast dark slaty -brown, with scale pattern of nearly white 



No. 9. Adult Male. 



lines. Union between lighter neck and darker plumage beneath 

 commonly more or less abrupt, and sometimes at this juncture 

 there is a well-defined black ring ; this ring, though seldom per- 

 fect, is found in various stages of imperfection.* Belly white, 



* I have found this ring nicely developed upon three or four different 



