DUCK. 531 



a loud and lingular cry, not unlike the word a-a-glik, fuppofed to 

 arife from the ftruclure of the larynx*. Jt feeds on fmattjhell- 

 fijh, obtained by diving, and which are fuppofed to make a great 

 part of their food f. Called at Uudfon's Bay, Hahaway, and ap- 

 pear numerous, flying in large flocks ; their flight is fhort, 

 and near the furface of the water. 



La Sarceile de Ferroe, Brif. Or/i. vi. p. 460. 40. pi. 40. fig. z. — Buf. 



Oif. ix. p. 278.— PL Enl. 999. Va*~. A. 



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T ENGTH one foot four inches and a quarter. Bill dufky; at Description. 



the bafe of the upper mandible is a fpot of pale grey, from 

 thence pafles a black ftreak down the middle of the crown to the 

 hind head: fides of the head pale grey,'inclining to yellow; and 

 juft round the eyes white: hind part of the head and neck 

 dufky and white mixed ; fides of the laft dark brown : throat 

 and fore part of the neck white, minutely fpotted with brown : 

 back, wings, rump, and upper tail coverts, brown ; the laft white 

 on the fides : fcapulars long, brown, with rufous margins : breaft 

 and belly white : the tail pointed ; the four middle feathers grey 

 brown ; the five on each fide pale grey, with whitifh edges : 

 legs brownifh lead-colour. 



Inhabits the Ferroe IJles, where it is called O'Edel. Suppofed Place. 



to be a variety of the long-tailed ~Duck\. 



* This is faid to have three openings covered with a thin membrane.— 

 Defcrip* Kamtfch. p. 498. 



f One fpecies is the Mytilus Difcors. — Lin. 

 X Brunnich, — Aril. Zool. 



3 Y 2 Anas 



