QUEKQTJEBULA TALCATA. 



JAVAN DUCK. Plate XII. 



Forehead and crown of the head obscure ferruginous ; a white spot at the base in front ; 

 sides of the head, hind head, and crest shining green, glossed with copper, especially on the 

 temples ; chin white, under which are two collars — the first greenish black and connected with 

 the crest, the second white ; lower part of neck and breast cinereous, undulated with black ; 

 back grey, the upper part ii-regularly lineated with a dull white ; abdomen brownish white, 

 mottled with greyish black, and the sides irregularly and very narrowly banded with grey and 

 dull white ; under tail-co^erts black ; the sides of the latter white, divided transversely by a black 

 band ; wing-coverts grey ; c|uills fuscous black ; speculum fine blue-green, with a narrow white 

 line in front ; scapulars greenish black, bordered with dull white. Length 13-|- inches. 



Anas falcata, Pali.; A. falcaria, Peiin.; A. javana, Bodil.\\ A. javanensis, Bonn.X 

 Querquedula multicolor, S-wiiiJi.; Eunetta falcata, lip. 



Tliis bird inhabits China, Mongolian deserts, Formosa, Kamtschatka, and Eastern Siberia. 



r'EIN'TKD IJV TAYLOR AND FIIAKCIS, V-Y.h LliiK COUHT, FLEET STUEET. 



