DUCK. 51 1 



Ana3 mufcaria, Lin. Syft. 1. p. zoo. 19. (3. — Rail Syn. p. 146.—^/'//. Orn. ,r. 



p. 375. — Frifch. t. 162. Var. A. 



Le Souchet a ventre blanc, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 337. A. 



'"pHIS differs from the former merely in having the belly Description. 





white, and is a mere variety. 



Le Canard fauvage du Mexique, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 327. 5. . 55* 



Tempatlahoac, Raii Syn. p. 176. 



Broad-billed Bird, or Tempatlahoac, Will. Orn. p. 387. 



OlZE of a Tame Duck. Bill broad, long, black: tongue Description. 



white : head and neck green, gloffed with purple and black : 

 irides pale : breaft white : the reft of the body beneath fulvous, 

 with two white fpots on both fides near the tail : above beautified 

 with certain femicircles, the circumference of which from white 

 incline to brown ■> the middle or inner part from black to a fhining 

 green : the wings, at the beginning blue, next white, and then 

 fhining green ; yet their extremes are on one fide fulvous, on 

 the other fhining green : the circumference of the tail above 

 and beneath white ; elfe it is black underneath, and of a Pea- 

 tock-zcAoMX above. 



Inhabits Mexico, to which it comes from other countries. Its Place. 



flefh fuch as that of other marjh birds. 



Le Souchet du Mexique, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 337. 7. 56. 



Yacapatlahoac, Rati Syn. p. 176. MEXICAN SH. 



'MALLER than the Common Duck. Bill very broad, and Description. 

 of a brownifh red : head, neck, and upper parts, barred with 

 2r fulvous, 



