242 GAME SHOAL-WATER FOWL. 



Bill carmine-red, the unguis of both mandibles 

 white. Edges of eyelids dull orange. Iris hazel. 

 Feet orange, webs lighter, claws white. Head 

 and neck rich grayish-brown, the upper part of 

 the former darker ; a white band margined with 

 blackish-brown on the anterior part of the fore- 

 head along the bill. The general color of the 

 back is deep*gray, the feathers of its fore part 

 broadly tipped with grayish-brown, the rest with 

 grayish- white ; the hind part of the back pure 

 deep-gray. - Wings grayish-brown, but towards 

 the edge ash-gray, as are the primary coverts and 

 outer webs of the primaries ; the rest of the pri- 

 maries and the secondaries are grayish-black, the 

 latter with a narrow edge of grayish-white, the 

 former edged and tipped with white. Breast, ab- 

 domen, lower tail-coverts, sides of the rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts white, but the breast and sides 

 patched with brownish-black ; on the latter inter- 

 mixed with grayish-brown feathers. 



Length to end of tail, 27£ inches ; weight, 5J 

 pounds. 



Adult female : The female, which is some- 

 what smaller, resembles the male. The white 

 margins of the wing-feathers not so distinct. 

 Weight, 4 pounds 4 ounces. 



