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310. Mareca penelope. The Wigeon or Whew. 



PenUSpe; iriivi\o\p=a, kind of Duck with purple stripes, in classical Greek, which was said 

 to have fed Penelope (subsequently the wife of Ulysses) after her parents had thrown her into 

 the sea. 



Pea-san, Patari, N. W.P.; Cheyun, Nepal; Parow, Si'nd; Ade, Batnagiri. 



Mnnchur Lake. 



(? 19" to 19J"; 1^ to IJ lbs. ? 18" to 19"; li to If lbs. Legs leaden. 

 Bill blue, black tip. Crown yellow. Neck chestnut. Back, scapulars, rump, 

 sides of breast, and flanks vermiculated black and white. Speculum green, 

 bounded above and below with black. Upper tail-coverts grey, outer feathers 

 black. — Female fulvous. Head chestnut, speckled black. Green speculum 

 wanting. Iceland to Kamschatka, wintering in Africa, Persia, N. India (not 

 recorded in Ceylon), Burma, China, Japan, and E.N. America. Seven to twelve 

 eggs (20 X 145), buff. (J. 963. B. 1599.) 



Also M. amerkana. 18" to 21". The American Wigeon. Legs light blue. Bill blue, tip 

 black. Forehead and crown whitish. Sides of head and upper neck whitish, with black spots. 

 Speculum black and green. Axillaries white. N. America and occasionally the W. Indies. 



M. sihilatrix. 20". Legs and bill black. Head and neck black. Forehead and cheeks white. 

 Lower neck barred black and white. Upper tail-coverts, breast, and abdomen white. Specu- 

 lum black. South of S. America. 



