Class II. SHIELDRAKE, 



Mr. Cockfield, of Stratford in EJfex, favored me 

 with an account of two birds of this fpecies, fhot 

 near the fame time. Both agreed in colors ; but 

 one weighed twenty-fix ounces, the other only 



nineteen. 



589 



La Tadorne. Belon a<v. 172. 

 Anas maritima. Gefner av, 



803, 804. 

 Vulpanfer Tadorne. Aldr. au. 



III. 71, 97. 

 Shieldrake, or burroughDuck. 



Wil. orn. 363. 

 Rail fyn. an). 140. 

 Anas tadorna. Lin.fyfi. 195. 

 Jugas. Faun. Suec. fp. 113. 

 La Tadorne. Brijfon a<v. VI. 



344. tab. 33. fig* 2. 



PL enl. 53. 



Bergander Turneri. Chenalo- 

 pex Plinii. 



Danis Brand-Gaas , Grav- 

 Gaas. Nowegis Ring-Gaas, 

 Fager-Gaas, Ur Gaas, Rod- 

 belte. Feroenfibus Hav-Sim- 

 mer. IJlandis Avekong. Br. 



47- 

 Kracht-Ente. Frifch, II. 166. 



Br. Zoo/, 154. 



278. Shiel- 

 drake. 



THE male of this elegant fpecies weighs two 

 pounds ten ounces : the length is two feet ; 

 the breadth three and a half. The bill is of a 

 bright red, and at the bafe fwells into a knob, 

 which is moil confpicuous in the fpring : the head 

 and upper part of the neck is of a fine blackifh 

 green ; the lower part of the neck white : the 

 bread, and upper part of the back is furrounded 

 with a broad band of bright orange bay : the co- 

 verts of the wings, and the middle of the back are 

 white; theneareft fcapulars black, the others white; 

 the greater quil feathers are black ; the exterior 



webs 



Descrif, 



