DUCK. 543 



here included under the article of Tufted Buck, are either varie- 

 ties, or differences in fex, if "not in their progreflive ftages to- 

 wards perfection. 



CIZE of a Teal: length fifteen inches. Bill two inches long, So. 



and fome what flout j colour a pale bluerfh white ; the nail D> 



at the tip black: irides the colour of w/i: the head and neck _ 



r . . .DESCRIPTION;. 



are black, the hind part gloried with purple, changing in fome 

 lights to blue : upper part of the body and wings black, 

 gloffed with green : under parts of the- body pale afh-colour : 

 the quills are deep afh-colour; on the fecondaries a bar of white: 

 tail fhort, of a dirty green : legs pale afh-colour. 



Inhabit Dujky Bay, in New Zealand *, where it is called He Place. 



patek. From the drawings of Sir Jofeph Banks. Captain Cook f 

 alfo mentions one, in his Voyage, bigger than a Teal, all black, 

 except the Drake, which has fome white in the wings ; and ob- 

 ferves, that it is met with no where, except at the head of the 

 Bay. The above feems to bear great affinity to the Tufted 

 Duck. 



CIZE of a Mallard: length twenty-eight inches. Bill two 81. 



inches long, black, and turns up at the end ; edges of the 

 under mandible yellowifh : irides red : top of the head dufky, Description. 

 lengthening into a crefl at the hind head : forehead, fides under 

 the eyes, and neck, pale afh-colour : chin, and fore part of the 



• For/}. Foy. i. p. 168. t Ceoi's Fey. i. p. 72. 



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neck, 



