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yellow ; bill white horn colour, tipped black; legs and feet 
dark brown. 
Female.—Smaller but similar ; less chestnut on breast ; 
less gloss on upper body. 
Young.—In down, upper body dull green ; under parts 
white ; wings and sides brownish ; legs and feet pinky-yellow ; 
bill horn colour, pinkish at the tip. In first feather general 
plumage lighter than adults; under parts whitish; head and 
nape ashy-brown ; breast indistinctly spotted with brown. 
Egg.—Greenish cream colour; four to five in number. 
September—November. 
GENUS MERGANETTA. 
Six brilliantly coloured species, inhabitating the moun- 
tainous districts of Chili, Ecuador, and Peru, are comprised in 
the above genus, as follows :—M. frenata, M. armata, M. 
turnert, M. garleppi, M. leucogenys, M. columbiana. 
The most salient feature in these birds is the white 
head with black velvet-like stripe from base of bill to back of 
neck, similar stripes running from behind the eye and uniting 
at the back of the head, where they form a broad band reaching 
nearly to the shoulders. 
The white cheeks are intersected by a similar stripe, 
uniting into a black band below the chin, passing over the 
upper breast and widening as it merges into the plumage of the 
breast, which is of a ruddy brown. The scapulars, black in the 
centre, are broadly edged with white on both webs, being long 
and pointed ; speculum green ; bill bright orange ; feet reddish. 
There is a good illustration of these interesting birds in the 
British Museum Catalogue, Vol. xxvii. 
