602 BIMACULATED DUCK. Class II. 



two feet three. The bill is lead colored ; the end 

 of it black ; the head, and upper part of the neck 

 is of a bright light bay ; the forehead paler, in fome 

 aimed white : the plumage of the back, and fides 

 under the wings are elegantly marked with nar- 

 row, black and white undulated lines : the bread 

 is of a purplifti hue, which fometimes though rare- 

 ly is marked with round black fpots : the belly 

 white : the vent feathers black. In fome birds the 

 coverts of the wings are almoft wholly white ; in 

 others of a pale brown, edged with white : the 

 greater quil feathers are duiky •, the outmofl webs 

 of the middle feathers of a. fine green, the tips 

 black j the lad are elegantly driped with black 

 and white. The two middle feathers of the tail 

 are longer than the others, black and fharp point- 

 Female. ed; the red am colored: the legs dufky. The 

 head of the female is of a rudy brown, fpotted 

 with black -, the back is of a deep brown, edged 

 with a paler : the tips of the lefTer quil feathers 

 white : the belly white. 



-87. Bima- >npHE length is twenty inches ; extent twenty- 

 X fi ve an d a half. Bill a deep lead color : nail 

 black. 



Crown, brown changeable with green, ending 

 in a dreak of brown at the hind part of the head, 

 with a fmall cred, Between the bill and the eye, 



and 



