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arc divided by a dusky space before the eye, and a white round 

 patch on the ear-coverts ; the lower part of the breast is also 

 checkered with white, owing to the feathers being tipped with 

 that colour ; the beak, legs, and feet, like those of the mate ; 

 the eye is dusky. 



The egg figured 267 is that of the Harlequin Duck. 



