192 GAME SHOAL-WATER FOWL. 



verts cream-colored, the larger black, with broad 

 white margins and tips. 



Length to end of tail, 14J inches ; extent of 

 wings, 24 ; weight, 10 ounces. 



Adult female : The female wants the elongated 

 crest, and differs greatly in coloring. The head 

 and neck are streaked with dark-brown and light- 

 red; the fore-neck whitish; the upper parts mot- 

 tled with dark-brown; the anterior feathers bar- 

 red ; the posteriors margined with yellowish- 

 white. The wings are nearly as in the male, 

 but the green of the speculum is less extensive. 

 The lower part of the fore-neck is tinged with 

 yellowish-red and mottled with dark-brown, as 

 are the sides ; the rest of the lower parts white. 



Length to end of tail, 13J inches ; extent of 

 wings, 22 J ; weight, 10 ounces. 



This variety resembles the preceding very gene- 

 rally in form, habits, and manner of flight, and 

 its flesh is considered of nearly equal delicacy. 

 They are a trifle smaller than the blue-wings, 

 and their plumage is more varied and beautiful. 

 Though generally making their appearance in the 

 fall at about the same time, they are of a more 

 hardy, enduring disposition than the other vari- 

 ety, and remain much later, often until the wea- 



