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the bill is slate colour, which afterwards becomes yellow, the bird attaining 
its plumage the first year.” 
‘*The Chilian Pintail is very prolific; the duck when sitting defends 
her eggs, making a rattling noise when approached. The ducklings should 
be fed in a shallow wooden pan let into the ground, so that the edge is flush 
with the surface ; it should be about two or three inches deep, and from two 
to three feet square, and not more than an inch of water should be put in 
at first. Some dry oatmeal, barley meal, and bread crumbs, scattered on 
the top will float, and be readily eaten by the ducklings. I have known 
these birds reared in the above manner without losing any, no other food 
being given them, with the exception of what they afterwards foraged for 
themselves on the lake or pond.” 
This bird is constantly offered for sale, the price varying 
from £2 to £3 ros. the pair. 
Male.—Head and neck buffy-white, speckled with brown ; 
upper body brown; sides of throat and cheeks lighter; under 
parts pale fawn; entire plumage laced with paler colour ; wing- 
bar blue between two buffy-white bands ; tail long and sharply 
pointed ; legs dusky ; bill blue at base, edges yellow, tip black. 
Female.—The same, but less bright. 
Young in down. Dark ashy-brown above, under parts 
paler ; light stripe from eye to nape ; bill slate-colour ; legs dark. 
Egg.—Very pale reddish-drab; about nine in number. 
April and August. Incubation, twenty eight to twenty-nine 
days. 
Nest Down.—Pale mouse-grey. 
EATON’S PINTAIL. 
(Dafila eatont). 
This rare species was first procured, during the expedition 
of the “Challenger,” from Kerguelen Island in 1874, and named 
after its discoverer. The total length of the bird is about 
17 inches, of which the two central tail feathers occupy six. 
Adult Male.—Head and upper neck brown, pencilled 
with darker; a narrow white band across the front of the throat ; 
