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but though it affociated freely with them, and feemed partial to 

 one of them, never produced any young. This information I 

 received from Mr. Tunjlall, in whofe neighbourhood it was taken, 

 and in whofe Mufeum the firfl is in high prefervation ; the laft 

 lived till the prefent year, when it loft its life by an accident. 

 The above gentleman likewife mentioned a third, which was fhot 

 in this kingdom. This fpecies is highly efteemed for the table, 

 being quite free from any fifhy tafte *. 



18. Anas cafarca, Lin.SyJl. iii. p. 224. 



RUDDY G. A nas rutila, N. Com. Petr. xiv. P-S79- 4- '• 22< %• '• — GecrgiReife, p. 167. 



Collared Duck, Gent. Mag. xlii. p. 161. pi. in ditto ? 



Description. '"PHIS is larger than a Mallard, almoft equal to the Muf- 

 covy Duck -, though it feems even larger than it really is, 

 from the length of wing, and {landing high on its legs. Bill 

 black : irides yellowifh brown : eye-lids, and juft round the eye, 

 blackifh : top of the head, and nape, white : forehead, cheeks, 

 and throat, yellowifh : fore part of the neck ferruginous, en- 

 circled with a collar of black, inclining to deep rufous on the 

 throat : breaft and fides pale rufous : belly obfcure : vent deep 

 rufous : beginning of the back pale 3 lower part of the back un- 

 dulated hoary and brown, not very diftinft : rump and tail green- 

 ilh blackj the laft rounded in fhape : prime quills black j fecon- 

 daries edged with violet green ; and fome of the inner ones with 

 ferruginous : fecond wing coverts, and whole bafe of the wing, 

 white : legs long, and black. 



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