524 DUC K. 



Cairo, Come into France the end of Otlober in fmall flocks 

 from twenty to forty. Not known for certain whether they 

 breed in England; but one has been fhot in July in France. 

 Feeds on fmall fijh and fhells. Has a hilling voice. The flight 

 rapid and ftrong : the flocks form no particular fhape in flying, but 

 are indifcriminate. Found in Carolina in winter *. 



68. Le Millouin noir, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 389. A. 



Var. A. 



Description. '"PHIS differs from the laft in a few particulars. The bill is 



black, with a blue bale : irides yellow : head and neck chefnut; 



the lower part afh-coloured on the fides, and bJackifh before : the 



back, rump, and tail of this laft colour : breaft and belly brown, 



mixed with duflcy and afh-colour : wings mixed black and white; 



legs olive : webs and claws black. 



MEXICAN P. ^ e Millouin de Mexique, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 390. zo. 



Quapachnauhtli, Raii Syn. p. 177. 



Description. HP H E bill in this is dufky afh-colour: eyes black: head, 

 neck, breaft, belly, thighs, and under tail coverts, fulvous : 

 back, fcapulars, wing coverts, and rump, tranfverfely barred ful- 

 vous and brown : quills not much unlike the laft : tail black 

 and white : legs as the bill : claws black. 

 Place. Inhabits Mexico. 



* Catejby. 



Anas 



