214 SUMMER DUCK. 



"The female has the head slightly crested; crown, dark purple; behind the eye, a bar 

 of -white ; chin and throat, for two inches, also white ; head and neck, dark drab ; breast, 

 dusky brown, marked with large triangular spots of white; back, dark glossy bronze 

 brown, with some gold and greenish reflections. Speculum, of the wing, nearly the same 

 as in the male, but the fine penciling of the sides, and the long hair-like tail coverts 

 are wanting; the tail is also shorter."- — Wilson. 



The male measures nineteen inches in length. 



