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part of the neck deep glossy green; but there is an elongated patch of pale 

 reddish-yellow, extending from the base of the bill over the cheek to two 

 inches and a quarter behind the eye, and meeting that of the other side on 

 the chin; the space immediately over and behind the eye light dull purple. 

 A narrow ring of pale yellowish-red on the middle of the neck; the lower 

 part of the neck dull brownish-red, the feathers with a transverse band of 

 dusky, and edged with paler. The upper parts are dull greyish-brown, 

 transversely undulated with dusky; the smaller wing-coverts without undu- 

 lations, but each feather with a dusky bar behind another of light dull 

 yellow; first row of smaller coverts tipped with black; primaries and their 

 coverts, light brownish-grey; some of the outer secondaries similar, the next 

 five or six duck-green, the next light grey, with a dusky patch toward the 

 end. The rump and upper tail-coverts black, as are the parts under the tail, 

 excepting two longitudinal white bands; tail-feathers light brownish-grey, 

 edged with whitish. All the rest of the lower parts are greyish-white, 

 tinged with yellow, beautifully undulated with dusky lines, on the middle 

 of the breast these lines less numerous, and each feather with a reddish-grey 

 central streak. 



Length to end of tail 23 inches, to end of claws 24; extent of wings 39; 

 bill along the ridge 2^-, along the edge of lower mandible 2^-; tarsus 1|-, 

 middle toe 2, its claw T 5 2-; hind toe § , its claw -§-. Weight 2 lbs. 9 oz. 



I have named this Duck after my friend Thomas M. Brewer of Boston, 

 as a mark of the estimation in which I hold him as an accomplished orni- 

 thologist. 



Brewer's Duck, Anas Breweri, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. iv. p. 302. 



Male, 23, 39. 



One specimen procured in Louisiana. 



