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RED DUCK. Cuass Il. 
the coverts of the wings a plain ash color; the 
back marked like that of the male; the belly 
ash colored. ‘These birds frequent fresh water 
as well as the sea, and being very delicate 
eating, are much sought for in the London 
markets, where they are known by the name 
of Dun birds. 
Anas ferruginea. A. fusco-ru- Anas rufa rostro pedibusque 
fa, abdomine albo, rostro di- cinereis. Faun. Suec. ‘sp. 
latato pedibusque _ pallide 47. fe wart gg 
_ceruleis. Lath. Ind. orn.  Arct. Zool. ii. 304. — 
866. zd. Syn. vi. 526. a a ae 
THE description of this species was sent to us 
by Mr. Bolton. The weight was twenty ounces. 
The bill long and flatted, rounded a little at 
the base, serrated along the edges of each man- 
dible, and furnished with a nail at the end of 
the upper; the color a pale blue. The head, 
neck, and whole upper part of the bird of an 
agreeable reddish brown; the throat, breast, 
and belly, of the same color, but paler; the 
legs of a pale blue; but the webs of the feet 
black. | 
This species, he informed us, was killed in 
Lincolnshire. We do not find it mentioned 
by any writer, except Zimneus, who took his 
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