Cuass II. EIDER DUCK. 
head and cheeks advance far into the base, so 
as to form two very sharp angles; the forehead 
is of a full velvet black; from the bill to the 
hind part of the head is a broad black bar, pass- 
ing across the eyes on each side; on the hind 
part of the neck, just beneath the ends of these 
bars, is a broad pea-green mark, which looks like 
a stain; the crown of the head, the cheeks, the 
neck, back, scapulars, and coverts of the wings, 
are white; the lower part of the breast, the 
belly, tail, and quil feathers, are black ; the legs 
green. | | | 
The female is of a reddish brown, barred 
transversely with black; but the head and up- 
per part of the neck are marked with dusky 
streaks pointing downward; the primary fea- 
thers are black; the greater or last row of the 
coverts of the wing, and the lesser row of quil 
feathers are tipt with white; the tailis dusky; the 
belly of a deep brown, marked obscurely with 
black. One I weighed was three pounds and 
a half. 
245 
FEMALE. 
