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GAME DEEP-WATER FOWL. 



Bill light grayish-blue, the unguis blackish. Iris 

 yellow. Feet grayish-blue, the webs and claws 

 black. The head, the whole neck, and the fore 

 part of the back and breast black; the head and 

 neck glossed with purple and green, the rest 

 tinged with brown. Hind part of the back, rump, 

 abdomen, and upper and lower tail-coverts brown- 

 ish-black. Middle of the back, scapulars, inner 

 secondaries, anterior part of abdomen, and sides 

 grayish-white, beautifully marked with undulating 

 black lines. Middle of the breast white, wings 

 light brownish-gray. Alula, primaries at the base 

 and end, and the greater part of secondaries 

 brownish- black ; the speculum on the latter, white. 



Length to end of tail, 16 \ inches; extent of 

 wings, 29 freight, 1 pound 6 ounces. 



Adult female : The female agrees with the male 

 in the characters of the plumage and in the colors 

 of the bare parts, but those of the former differ con- 

 siderably. The head, neck, and fore part of the 

 back and breast are umber-brown ; and there is 

 a broad patch of white along the fore part of the 

 forehead. The upper parts in general are brown- 

 ish-black, the middle of the back and scapulars 

 undulated with whitish dots and bars. The pri- 

 mary quills are grayish in the middle, and the 



