254 
FEMALE. 
(A.) Morit- 
LON. 
DEscrip- 
TION. 
MORILLON DUCK.  Cuass I. 
as are the coverts immediately above them; the 
legs of an orange color. | 
The head of the female* is of a deep brown, 
tinged with red; the neck grey ; the breast and 
belly white; the coverts and scapulars dusky and 
ash colored ; the middle quil feathers white ; the 
others, together with the tail, black; the legs 
dusky. ‘These birds frequent fresh water, as 
well as the sea; being found on the Shropshire 
meres during winter. : | 
Anas Glaucion. A. corpore Brisson av. vi. 406. tab. 36.f. 
nigricante, pectore nebulo- 1.2: 4 
so, speculo alarum albo li- -Anas glaucion. Gm. Lin. 20%. 
neari. Lath. Ind. orn. 868.  Scopoli, No. 72. 
ad. Syn. vi. 537: Grey headed Duck. Br. Zool. 
Le Morillon. Belon, 165. Ed. 2d. ii. 471. 
Wil. orn. 368. Morillon. Arct. Zool. ii. 300. 
Rait Syn. av. 144. 
T'HIs is rather less than the Golden eye duck. 
The bill is of a yellowish brown; the irides gold 
color; the head of a dusky rust color ; round the 
upper part of the neck is a collar of white, be- 
neath that a broader of grey; the back and co- 
verts dusky, with a few white lines ; the greater 
coverts dusky, with a few great spots of white; 
* The smaller red headed Duck. Wil. orn. 369. Raia Syn. 
av. 143. 
