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FEMALE. 
GARGANEY DUCK.  Cuass I. 
long lines of white, pointing downwards; the 
breast is of a light brown, marked with semicir- 
cular bars of black; the belly is white; the 
lower part and vent varied with specks, the 
bars of a dusky hue; the coverts of the wings 
are grey, but the lowest tipt with white; the 
first quil feathers are ash colored, the exte- 
rior webs of those in the middle green; the 
scapulars are long and narrow, and elegantly 
striped with white, ash color, and black; the 
tail dusky ; the legs lead color. 
The female is less than the male; the crown 
of the head is black; the edges of the feathers 
rust color; near the bottom of the upper man- 
dible is a white spot; between the bill and the 
eye a yellowish spot; beyond the eye a line 
of white ; beneath that a dusky line, and under 
that a dirty white one; the chin and throat are 
white; the hind part of the neck, brown; the 
fore part streaked with brown and white; the 
breast spotted with black and rust color edged 
with white; the belly white; the lesser coverts 
of the wings a brownish ash-color ; the exterior 
sides of the greater coverts a fine grey; those 
which lie over the secondaries are tipt with 
white ; the quil feathers are dusky; the secon- 
daries tipt with white also edged on their out- 
ward sides; the tail consists of fourteen fea- 
