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feathers over the thighs barred with black and white at the 

 ends : the lower parts of the breafl: and belly are white : legs 

 orange-colour. 



The female is not unlike that of the Summer Duck, but has Female. 

 two bars of white on the wing : the bread feems more clouded 

 with brown, and the fpots on it are not of the triangular fhape 

 as in the Summer Duck, but rounded. However, to fay the 

 truth, fo Iitde difference is there between fome fpecimens of 

 females of thefe two fpecies, that it requires a thorough ac- 

 quaintance with them to prevent miftaking the one for the 

 other. 



This inhabits China and Japan, and is a moft fingular and Place.. 



elegant fpecies, and kept for the fake of its beauty by the in- 

 habitants. I do not find that it is near fo common in China 

 as- many other kinds, or perhaps they politically hold them dear 

 to the European purchafers : they are frequently expofed to fale at 

 Canton, in. cages, and the common price is from fix to ten dol- 

 lars per pair : they are not unfrequently brought into England 

 alive* but want care, as they feem more tender than our fpecies. 

 Attempts have been made to breed them in this country, but 

 without fuccefs, though they are familiar enough. In this mat- 

 ter it may not be amifs to hint, that care mould be taken that 

 both fexes are of Chinefe origin-, for the female of the Summer 

 Duck of America is fo like that of the Chinefe fpecies, as fre- 

 quently to be miftaken for it. The bird is known in Japan by 

 the name of Kimnodfui. The Englifh in China give it the nam? 

 ef Mandarin Duck* . 



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