DUCK. 



Anas poecilorhyncha, Zool. hid. p. 23. t. 13. 40. 



SPOTTED-BILL. 



IZE not mentioned. Bill long and black, marked on each E D * 



, . , r , , . r 1 1 mi Description.. 



fide with a red ipot at the oafe ; the tip white : from the bill 



through the eyes a black ftreak : cheeks, chin, and upper part 



of the neck adjoining, cinereous white : crown, nape, hind part 



of the neck, back, wing coverts, greater quills, and tail, black,. 



edged with afh-colour : fecond quills white : fpeculum green,, 



the feathers margined with white : vent black : legs rufous 



yellow. 



Inhabits Ceylon, in the Eafi Indies, where it is very common. Place,. 



Anas Damiatica grifea, roitro apice piano lato rotundo, Haffelq. Voy, p. 264. 41. 



Black-headed Duck, Shan't Tram. p. 254. ? D AMI ETTA D. 



CIZE a trifle bigger than the Mallard. The head, half the Description... 



neck, the fhoulders, and tips of the tail, black : the reft of 

 the neck before, breaft, back, belly, fides, and tail, white : at the 

 lower part of the neck, next the back, a crefcent of ferruginous j 

 and the end of the wing is of the fame colour near the back : 

 quills greenifh black : hind claw very obtufe. 



Inhabits the fhores of Egypt ; moft frequent on thofe near the Place,, 



Mediterranean; chiefly in the bay near Damietta, and between 

 Alexandria and Rofetta, where they are taken in nets. It moft 

 likely is alfo an inhabitant of Barbary, as it is not greatly unlike 

 the one defcribed by Shaw, if not the very fame bird. 



Anas; 



