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coverts ; the back and scapulars are white, being finely marked 

 with transverse grey undulating lines ; the wing-coverts and 

 tertials are purplish grey with black pencillings ; the speculum 

 is white with a black border below ; quills and tail dusky ; 

 the belly is white, with zigzag pencillings on the sides, and a 

 yellow tinge ; the beak is blue ; the nail black ; the legs and 

 feet are pale blue, with an oily green tint on the joints ; the 

 webs black ; the eyes are gold yellow. 



In the female, the head, neck, upper part of the breast, and 

 side-feathers, rump, and tail-coverts are umber brown, the 

 feathers being more or less edged with a paler tint ; the entire 

 frontal part of the face surrounding the beak is white ; there 

 is also a whitish spot on the ear-coverts ; the speculum is 

 white with a black border ; quills and tail dusky ; the beak, 

 legs, and feet are blue ; the nail on the beak, the claws and 

 webs of the feet are black ; the centre of the belly dingy white ; 

 the eyes yellow. 



The male, after the season of breeding, assumes a plu- 

 mage almost entirely similar to that of the female above 

 described. 



The egg figured 262 is that of the Scaup Pochard. 



