422 FEATHERED GAME 
but neither flashy nor gaudy, it is a beautiful 
garb and the pity is that it does not last longer. 
The upper part of the head and nape glossy 
black. Sides of head, cheeks and chin white. 
Throat, neck all around, scapulars, flanks and 
upper back chestnut red. Wing coverts, rump 
and lower back grayish brown. Wing quills 
dusky brown, spotted on the edges with gray. 
Tail dusky brown, the feathers stiff and harsh 
and the coverts growing to no great length over 
the quills. Under parts silvery white, slightly 
rusted on the breast. Under tail coverts 
grayish or white. Bill, legs and feet grayish 
blue; webs darker, nearly black. Iris reddish 
brown. Length from fifteen to sixteen and one- 
half inches; extent from twenty to twenty-four 
inches. 
The female is of duller hues than her mate— 
the rule in duck coloring. On the top of the 
head dark brown instead of the jet black of the 
male. Cheeks only a little lighter than the rest 
of the face, with a narrow stripe of white run- 
ning from the base of the bill beneath the eye 
to the nape. Chin white. Neck and throat 
brownish; upper breast yellowish brown; lower 
parts silvery white; flanks barred with brown; 
