Cuass II. 
WIGEON DUCK. 
description from Rudbeck’s paintings ; and adds, 
that it is found, though rarely, in the Swedish 
rivers. 
Anas Penelope. A. cauda a- 
cutiuscula, crisso nigro, ca- 
pite brunneo, fronte alba, 
dorso cinereo undulato. Lath. 
Ind. orn. 860. id. Syn. vi. 
518. id. Sup. ii. 354. 
Anas fistularis (ein Pfeifente). 
Gesner av. 121. 
Penelope. Aldr. av. iii. 92. 
Wigeon, or Whewer. Mil. 
orn. 375. 
Rai Syn. av. 146. 
Anas penelope. Gm. Lin. 527. 
Wriand. Faun. Suec. sp. 124. 
Anas fistularis, le Canard sif- 
fleur. Brisson av. vi. 391. 
tab. 35. fig. 2. Hist. dois. 
ix. 169. Pl. Enl. 825. 
Eissent mit weisser platten. 
Kram. 342. 
Danis Bles-And. Brunnich, 
Br. Zool. 157. add. plates. 
Arct. Zool. ii. 302. 
Tue wigeon weighs near twenty-three ounces: 
the length is twenty inches; the breadth two 
feet three. The bill is lead colored, tne end of 
it black; the head, and upper part of the neck, 
are of a bright light bay; the forehead paler, 
in some birds almost white ; the pluniage of the 
back, and sides under the wings, are elegantly 
marked with narrow, black and white undulated 
lines ;. the breast is of a purplish hue, which some- 
‘times, though rarely, is marked with round blaek 
spots; the belly white; the vent feathers black; 
in some specimens the coverts of the wings are 
almost wholly white; in others of a pale brown, 
YOU, £1. nt 
275 
25. WiGEON. 
Descrip- 
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