53° DUCK. 



back, dufky black : the lower part of the breaft and fcapulars 

 chefnut : belly white : upper tail coverts and wings much as in- 

 the male: legs dufky reddifh brown. 



Some birds of this fex have the brown feathers edged with 

 ferruginous, others not. I have likewife obferved in fome a 

 white fpot on each fide of the lower part of the neck. The 

 middle tail feathers are much fhorter in fome birds than others j 

 and, in refpecl: to the female, it has not been our fortune to meet 

 with any which pofTefled them ; perhaps they do not appear, 

 except in old birds, or they moult them before the other 

 feathers. 



Place and This fpecies inhabits the northern regions, and comes now 



Manners, . 



and then, in rigorous winters, into England; but never in num- 

 bers. Met with in the Orknies, in considerable flocks, from 

 OSiober to April *. On the continent, frequents Sweden, Lap- 

 land, and Ruffia ; often in the neighbourhood of St. Teterjburg. 

 Met with alfo in Kamtfchatka. Found, at Hudfon's Bay, and 

 from thence as far as New York. Remains at Hudfon's Bay,, 

 Greenland, and among the iflands, the whole year. Said to make 

 the neft among the graft near the fea, like the Eider Duck; and. 

 to lay five f blueifh white eggs, about the middle of June, the 

 fize of thofe of a Pullet. When the young are hatched, the 

 mother carries them to the water in her bill. Swims and dives 

 well. Flies fvvift, and is a crafty bird. Lines the neft with the 

 feathers of the breaft, like the Eider Duck. The down is alfo 

 equally valuable, were it to be had in the fame quantity. It has. 



* At a. Zooh. 



+ Seldom fewer than ten,, and often as far as fourteen or fifteen. — Mr. 

 Hutcbins, 



a. loud. 



