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fore part of the neck, breaft, and under partSj black and white 

 mixed : prime quills black, edged outwardly with white ; the 

 next green on the outer webs, and black within ; and thofe neareft 

 the body black, outwardly banded with white : tail like that of 

 the male : legs afh-colour. 

 Place. This inhabits the lakes of Mexico, where it is faid to be a very 



foul feeder, continually dabbling in the mud with its bill for 

 worms, dead fijh, &c. 5 alfo fond of frogs, and in fhort all man- 

 ner of filth; notwithstanding which, the flelh is accounted excel- 

 lent. Found alfo at Surinam. Said to lay three large eggs. 



Anas fuligula, Lin. Syft. i. p. 207. 45. — Faun. Suec. N" 132. — Scop. Ann. I.. 



N° 78. — Brun. N° 90.— Mutter, N° 129. — Kram. El. p. 341. 12.— 



Fri/cb. pi. 171. — Georgi Reifc, 167. 

 Le petit Morillon, Brif. Orn. vi. p. 411. 26. pi. 37. 1.. 

 Le Morillon, Buf. Oif. ix. p. 227. 231. pi. 15. — PI. Enl. 1001. 

 Tufted Duck, Rati Syn. p. 142. A. 7. — Will. Orn. p. 365. pi. 73. — Albin,\, 



pi.. 95. — Br. Zool. ii. N° 274. — Aril. Zool. p. 573. G. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. TEN GTH fixteen inches : weight two pounds. Bill broad,, 

 of a blue grey; tip black: irides golden: head feathers 

 long, forming a pendent creft : head, neck, and breaft, black;, 

 the firft glofTed with green : fcapulars deep blackilh brown,, 

 fprinkled with minute dots of a cream-colour, but not viiible at 

 a diftance : wings dufky brown ; acrofs them a narrow bar of 

 white : the belly and vent white ; the laft mixed with dufky : 

 legs dufky blue : webs.black. 

 Female. The female is like the male; but the creft is wanting, and the 



black colour verges to brown. 

 Place. This fpecies is found in Europe as far as Norway. In the win- 



ter months is not unfrequent in England; being met with in the 



markets 



