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PALMIPEDES. 



Family ANATIDJE. f Bonaparte. J 



Genus Anas. fLmnccus.J 



FALCATED TEAL. 



Anas falcata. 



Anas falcata, Pallas. Latham. 



" " MiDDENDORFP. ScHUENCK. 



" drepanopterus, Messeeschmidt. Brandt. 



Querquedula falcata, Bonaparte. 



Specific Characters. — Male. — Top of tlie head and clieeks a 

 rich. metalHc brown; sides of the head and nape metalHc green; 

 the feathers of both these regions being prolonged at the nape, 

 so as to form a crest of- brown and green; a black collar 

 round the pure white neck. Five or six of the scapularies on 

 each side very long and strong, and extending in a falcated or 

 sickle-shaped form over the wing. Length (male) nineteen inches ; 

 carpus to tip ten inches ; longest sickle-shaped scapular feather 

 eight inches; beak from rictus two inches; breadth at base 

 five eighths of an inch; tarsus one inch and a half; middle toe 

 and claw two inches. 



This very beautiful Duck is an Asiatic species, 

 inhabiting Siberia and Amoor Land in considerable 

 numbers. Its title to a place in the European list 

 rests upon its accidental appearance in Sweden, Hun- 

 gary, and Germany. The Prince of Canino records a 



