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giving them a sparred bench, about two inches from the ground, 
as their bed. The young ducklings will thrive well on dry 
meals and bread crumbs floated in a shallow pan of water. 
Male.—Crown of head, back, and tail brown, the 
scapulars edged with a lighter shade; cheeks, chin, and throat 
white ; breast greyish-fawn, spotted with dark brown ; wing-bar 
metallic green and violet, edged with a narrow buff stripe in 
front, and a broad one behind ; legs and bill lead colour, lighter 
on the sides, with a triangular patch of rosy-red behind the 
nostrils on each side; eye vermilion yellow, very clear and 
brilliant; in some specimens red chestnut. It is worthy of 
notice that in Catesby’s work on the Natural History of Carolina, 
the life-size coloured illustration represents the Bahama drake 
with a triangular ovange coloured patch on the bill, bordered 
with yellow. 
Female.—Same as male; in my own birds, especially 
out of the breeding season, the red bill-patch of the duck was 
of a paler pink than in the drake ; eye umber-brown. 
Young.—In down, yellowish-white with brown splashes 
on back and side; the sex is difficult to distinguish until the 
second year, up to which time the bill is reddish-brown. 
Egg.—Pale brown ; seven to ten in number ; two broods 
in the year. I noticed that the second nest of eggs were 
slightly darker than the first. May—August. 
Nest Down.—Remarkably dense; dark sooty brown, 
darker tips. 
GALAPAGOS ISLAND PINTAIL. 
(Pectlonetta galapagensts ). 
Salvadori states that this bird is very similar to the pre- 
ceding species, but with the white cheeks speckled with brown. 
It has not yet been imported alive. 
