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Young.—In down, upper body dark olive brown ; cheeks 
and under body yellowish-white ; a dark line from behind eye 
to ear ; bill brownish above, yellowish-flesh colour below ; legs 
and feet dark olive; eye brown. In first feather, similar to 
female. In the young male the bill is red, with white tip ; 
back light brown ; wing-coverts greyish-brown ; head and neck 
pale chestnut; eye bright red; legs and feet orange, with 
black webs. 
Egg.—Bright green, occasionally greenish-brown ; much 
rounded ; five to elevenin number. April—June. Incubation, 
twenty-six days. 
Nest Down.—Dark brown ; greyish-white centres. 
GENUS METOPIANA. 
This genus comprises one species, of which the range is 
confined to South America. 
ROSY-BILLED DUCK. 
(Metopiana peposaca). 
For ten years previous to the autumn of 1886 there had 
been no importation of these beautiful birds, the Zoological 
Society of London having purchased some at that time which 
have since bred almost yearly. In 1876 about twenty-seven 
couples arrived, when many were sold at £25 the pair, but are 
happily now procurable at £4 10s. to £6. Although a little 
shy, the Rosy-bill will breed freely, being an exception to the 
general rule and proving very hardy even when exposed to 
several degrees of frost. Mr. Jamrach states that the tame-bred 
specimens excel the wild ones in beauty, the bill being 
intensified in colour, and having more cere on the upper 
