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10. Kine. 
Descrir- 
TION. 
FEMALE. 
KING DUCK. Cuass IL 
Anas spectabilis. A. rostro ba- Anas freti Hudsonis. Brisson 
si gibbo compresso, carina av. vi. 365. 
pinnacea nigra, capite ca- Le Canard a tete grise. Hist. 
nescente. Lath. Ind. orn. @ ots. 1x.,253. 
845. id. Syn. vi. 473. Mus. Carlo. fasc. ii. é# 39 
Gin. Lin. 907. (mas). 40 (femina). 
Grey headed Duck. Edwards, King Duck. Arct.’ Zool. ii. 
154. 277. , 
(THE bill of this species of duck is red, and 
extends high up the forehead on each side, in 
form of a broad bean-shaped plate; the head — 
and part of the back of the neck, light grey 
bounded by a line of black dots; the cheeks 
- and neck as low as the grey color, pea-green ; a 
narrow black line bounds the lower parts of 
the cheeks from the bar of the bill; the throat, 
neck, and breast, are white; the back, belly, 
and tail, black; the lesser coverts of the wings, 
and the primaries dusky brown; the seconda- 
ries black, glossed with rich purple; the coverts 
above them forming a great bed of white; the 
legs of a dirty red color. Its size nearly dou- 
ble that of the Mallard. 
The female differs greatly in color, being for 
the most part black and brown; the belly 
dusky ; the plate on the bill slightly eminent.* 
* Arct. Zool. ii. 277. 
