a, Bs 
Jeet Maer 
268 LONG TAILED DUCK, Cuass IL. 
21. Lone Anas glacialis. A. cauda acu- 379. Hist. dois. ix. 209. 
TAILED. minata elongata, corpore ni- Pl. Enl. 954. 
gro subtus albo. (Mas a- Anas glacialis. Gm. Lin. 528. 
‘dultus.) Lath. Ind. orn. 864. Norvegis Ungle, Angeltaske 
id. Syn. vi. 528. v. Troefoerer. Feroenstbus~ 
Wil. orn. 364. Oedel. Islandis Ha-Ella v. 
Raii Syn. av. 145. Ha-Old. Incolis Christiansoe 
Long tailed Duck. Edw. av. Gadissen, Klaeshahn Dyk- 
230. ker. Brunnich, 75, 76. 
Le Canard a longue queue . Scopoli, No. 74, 
@Islande. Brisson av. vi. Br. Zool. 156. Tab. Q. 7: 
Arct. Zoal. i. 291. 
Descrip- Tus is inferior in size to the former. The 
TION. 
bill is short, black at the tip and base, orange 
colored in the middle; the cheeks are of 
a pale brown; the hind part of the head, and 
the neck both before and behind are white; the 
sides of the upper part of the neck are marked 
with a large dusky bar, pointing downwards ; 
the breast and back are of a deep chocolate 
color; the scapulars are white, long, narrow, 
and sharp pointed; the coverts of the wings, 
and greater quil feathers dusky; the lesser of 
a reddish brown; the belly white; the four 
middle feathers of the tail are black; and two 
of them nearly four inches longer than the others, 
which are white; the legs dusky. These birds 
