MARBLED DUCK 



ANAS ANGUSTIROSTRIS Menetbies 



(Plate 46) 



Synonymy 



Anas angustirostris Menetries, Cat. raisonne des Objects de Zool. recueillis dans un 



Voy. au Caucase, p. 58, 1832. 

 Anas marmorata Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1836, p. 59. 

 Dafila marmorata Eyton, Monograph Anatidse, p. 114, 1838. 

 Querquedula angustirostris Bonaparte, Comparative List, p. 57, 1838. 

 Marmaronetta angustirostris Reichenbach, Avium Systema Naturae, p. ix, 1852. 

 ?Anas cypria Unger and Kotschy, Die Insel Cypern, 1865. 

 Marmonetta angustirostris von Martens, Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 16, p. 67, 1868. 

 Chaulelasmus {Marmonetta) angustirostris G. R. Gray, Handlist, vol. 3, p. 84, 1871. 

 Querquedula marmorata Dresser, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1872, p. 605. 

 Chauliodes angustirostris Radde, Ornis Caucas., p. 455, 1884. 

 Marmaronetta marmorata Blasius, Verein f. Naturw., Braunschweig, Tagebl., 14 



Mch. 1894. 



Vernacular Names 

 English: Marbled Duck. 



German: Marmel-Ente, Marmor-Ente, Schmalschnablige Schnatterente. 

 French: Canard marbre, Sarcelle angustirostre, Sarcelle marbree. 

 Italian: Garganella marmorata, Anatra marmorizzata. 



Spanish: Cerceta jaspeada, Roseta, Bubilla, Pato de verano, Ruhilla, Pardilla. 

 Portuguese: Pardilheira. 

 Moorish: Chihil. 



Maltese: Brajmla ghedduma rkik. 

 Greek: Papero psaro. 

 Hungarian: Marvanyos recze. 

 Russian: Letnaya utka, Akordeg. 



DESCRIPTION 



Adttlt Male: General coloration very light gray, more or less mottled. The head is pale gray except 

 a patch around the eye which is dark brown. The cheeks, chin and throat are nearly white, streaked 

 with light brown. Mantle and scapulars light brown, but the tips of the feathers nearly white. 

 Rump grayish, tail-feathers gray, except the tips, which are white. Under parts grayish white, mot- 

 tled and barred on the breast, flanks, and under tail-coverts, and nearly uniform in the middle of the 

 abdomen. Wing almost plain gray and without a speculum, although the secondaries are somewhat 

 lighter in color. Under wing-coverts mostly white. 



