Cuass II. VELVET DUCK. 247 
igh 7 
Inhabits Hudson's Bay, and. in. winter is is Puace. 
found as low as New York; is common in mae % 
Greenland, where its down is as useful to the ae ee 
tives as that of the Eidér; extends from Nor- | 
vay to Kamschatka, and has been killed i in the 





Orkinies. Eb 
_ Anas fusca. <A. nigricans, pal- La grande Macreuse. Brisson 11. VELVET. 
‘ Fa  pebra inferiore speculoque — av. vi. 423. Hist. Wois. ix. 
=  alarum albis. Lath. Ind. 242. Pl. Enl. 956. : 
St yee orn. 848. id. Syn. vi. 482. Anas fusca. Gm. Lin. 507. 
. ad. Sup. i. 274. id. Sup. ii. Faun. Suec. sp. 109. 
~950. 4d: Lin. Tr. ivi 119. Gunner. Tal. ve 
tab. 15. fig. 37. Incolis Christiansoe Sveerte. 
Anas nigta, rostro nigro rubro Norvegis Soe-Orre, Hav- 
et luteo.. Aldr. av: iii. 97. Orre v. Sav-Orre, quibus- 
oo Duck. Wil. orn. dam Sorte. Brunnich, 48. 
i 7363). Nordische schwartze Ente. 
4 bee Rai Se av. 141. Frisch, ii. 165. Supl. 
Dale's hist. Harwich, 405. Scopolt, No. 68. 
Turpan. N.. a Petr. iv. Br. Zool. 152. Add. Plates. 
420. We Arct. Zool. ii. 278. 
THE male of this species is larger than the Descrie- 
TION. 
tame duck. The bill is broad and short, yel- 
low on the sides, black in the middle, and the 
hook red; the head, and part of the neck, is 
black tinged with green ; behind each ear is a 
white spot; and in each wing is a white fea- : 
ther ; all the rest of the plumage is of a fine 
back and of the soft and delicate appearance 
