240 FERRUGINOUS DUCK. 



bar across the wing. Lower breast and belly, yellowish white ; vent, gray brown ; under 

 tail coverts, white. Legs and toes, as the bill; the membranes being darker. 



The female differs but little from the male. The head and neck are darker, and the 

 belly less pure in colour than in the male. 



The length of the male is about sixteen inches. 



The female is rather less. 



