Crass Il, GADWALL DUCK. 
black; the hind part of the neck, and back, dark 
brown waved with black; the coverts of the 
wings ash colored; the lower coverts streaked 
with rust color; the scapulars cinereous; the 
quil feathers brownish cinereous; the secon- 
daries of a fine green, ending in a shade of 
black, and edged with white; the coverts of the 
tail.a deep changeable green; the, tail consists 
of twelve feathers, the two middlemost black ; 
the others brown edged with white; the belly is 
dusky, finely granulated ;*the legs small, and 
yellow ; the webs dusky. tes | 
Taken in a decoy in 1771, and commmu- 
nicated to me by Edward Poore, Esq. 
Anas strepera. A. speculo ala- 339. tab. 33. fig. 1. Hist. 
rum rufo nigro albo. Lath. @ois. ix. 187. Pl. Eni. 
Ind. orn. 859. id. Syn. vi. Q58. 
515. id. Sup. ii. 353. Anas strepera. Gm. Lin. 520. 
Anas strepera (ein Leiner). Faun. Suec. sp. 121. 
Gesner av. 121. Cimbris Knarre-Gaas. Brun- 
Aldr. av. iii. 97. nich, Ql. 
Gadwall, or Gray. Wil. orn. Grave mittel-ente. Frisch, ii. 
374. 168. 
Rai Syn. av. 145. Br. Zool. 157. Tab. Q.) 3. 
Le Chipeau. Brisson av. vi. Arct. Zool. ii. 303. ~ 
Tuts species is rather inferior in size to the 
wigeon. The bill. is two inches long, black, 
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27. Gan- 
WALL. 
DEscri?- 
TION. 
