280 GAME DEEP-WATER FOWL. 



Bill light grayish-blue. Iris hazel. Feet very 

 pale flesh-color. Claws brownish-black. Fore part 

 of the head of a deep rich green ; upper part 

 rich bluish-purple, of which color also are the 

 elongated feathers on the fore part and sides of 

 the neck ; the hind part of the latter deep green ; a 

 broad band of pure white from one cheek to the 

 other over the occiput. The colored parts of the 

 head and neck are splendent and changeable. 

 The rest of the neck, the lower parts, the outer 

 scapujars, and a large patch on the wing, in- 

 cluding the greater part of the smaller coverts 

 and some of the secondary coverts and quills, 

 pure white, the scapulars narrowly margined with 

 black, as are the inner lateral feathers. The feath- 

 ers on the anterior edge of the wing are black, nar- 

 rowly edged with white. Alula, primary coverts, 

 and primary quills deep black. The feathers on 

 the rump gradually fade into grayish-white, and 

 those of^ the tail are brownish-gray, with the edges 

 paler and the shafts dusky. 



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

 wings, 23 ; weight, 1 pound. 



Adult female : The female is much smaller. 

 The plumage of the head is not elongated, as in 

 the male, but there is a ridge of longish fea- 



