Class II. LONG TAILED DUCK. 



*y, tells us that thefe birds are found in great abun- 

 dance in Connaught in Ireland^ in the month of Fe- 

 bruary only \ and that they are much efteerned for 

 their delicacy. 



Wil. om. 364.. Norvegis Ungle, Angeltafke 283. Loks 



Raiifyn, au. 145. v. Troefoerer. Feroenfibus tailed. 



Long tailed Duck. Edit), av. Oedel. IJlandis Ha-Ella v. 



280. Ha-Old. Tncolis Chrifiianfoe 



Le Canard a longue queue Gadiffen, Klaeihahn Dyk- 



d'lflande. Brijfon av> VI. ker. Brunnzcb, y$, 76. 



379. Br. Z00L 156. Scopoli, No, 



Anas glacia'lis. Lin.fyft. 203. 74. 



THIS is inferior in fize to the former. The bill Descri; 

 is fhort, black at the tip and bafe, orange co- 

 lored in the middle ; the cheeks are of a pale brown : 

 the hind part of the head, and the neck both before 

 and behind are white ; the fides of the upper part 

 of the neck are marked with a large dufky bar, 

 pointing downwards \ the bread and back are of a 

 deep chocolate color ; the fcapulars are white, 

 long, narrow, and iliarp pointed. The coverts 

 of the wings, and greater quil feathers dufky ; 

 the lelfer of a reddifh brown : the belly white : 

 the four middle feathers of the tail are black; and 

 two of them near four inches longer than the o- 



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thers, which are white: the legs dufky. Thefe 

 birds breed in the moil northern parts of the world, 

 and only vifit our coafts in the fevered winters. 



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