Class II. VELVET D U C K. 583 



the crown of the head, the cheeks, the neck, 

 back, fcapulars and coverts of the wings are white ; 

 the lower part of the breaft, the belly, tail, and 

 qui! feathers are black ; the legs are green. 



The female is of a reddim. brown, barred tranf- Female 

 verfely with black ; but the head and upper part 

 of the neck are marked with duiky flreaks point- 

 ing downward; the primary feathers are black; 

 the greater or laft row of coverts of the wings, 

 and the leiTer row of quil feathers tipt with white : 

 the tail is dufky ; the belly of a deep brown, mark- 

 ed obfcurely with black. One I weighed was 

 three pounds and a half. 



Anas nigra, rofrro nigro rubro Faun. Suee. fp. iog 272. Velvets 



etluteo. Aldr. a-v. III. 97. Gunner. Tab. V. 



The black Duck. Wil. orn. Incolis Cbriftianfoe Svcerte. 



363. Norvegis Soe-Orre, Hav- 



Raiijyn.-av. 141. Orre v. Sav-Orre, quibuf- 



D ale's hiji. Harwich? 405. dam Sorte. Brunnich, 48. 



Turpan. N. Com. Petr. IV. Nordifche fchwartze Entc 



420. Frifcb, II. 165. Supl. 



La grande Macreufe. Briffon Br. Z00L i§2. Scopoli, No. 



av. VI. 423. 680 

 Anas fufca. Lin.fyji.. 190. 



THE male of this fpecies is larger than the 

 tame duck. The bill is broad and fhort. Descry 

 yellow on the fides, black in the middle, and the 

 hook red : the head, and part of the neck is black 

 tinged with green: behind each ear is a white 

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