FEMALE. 
26. Brmacv- 
LATED. 
DescRIP- 
TION 
BIMACULATED DUCK. Curass IL 
edged with white; the greater quil feathers are 
dusky; the outmost webs of the middle feathers 
of a fine green, the tips black; the last are ele- 
gantly striped with black and white; the two 
middle feathers of the tail are longer than the 
others, black and sharp pointed; the rest ash 
colored; the legs dusky. ‘The head of the fe- 
male is of a rusty brown, spotted with black; 
the back is of a deep brown, edged with a 
paler ; the tips of the lesser quil feathers white; 
the belly white. 
Anas glocitans. A. subcristata maculis nigrtis, speculo ala- 
fusca nigro undata, capite rum viridi albo marginato. 
viridi, macula ante poneque Lath. Ind. orn. 862. id. Syn. 
oculos ferruginea, pectore vi. 521. 
THE length is twenty inches; the extent 
twenty-five and a half. The bill is a deep lead 
color; the nail black; the crown of the head 
brown changeable with green, ending in a streak 
of brown at the hind part, with a small crest. 
Between the bill and the eye, and behind each 
ear is a ferruginous spot; the first round, the 
last oblong and large; the throat is of a fine 
deep purple; the rest of the head of a bright 
ereen, continued in streaks down the neck; the 
breast a light ferruginous brown, spotted with 
