Class II. G A D W A L L. 603 



and behind each ear, a ferruginous fpor. The 

 firlt round : the laft oblong and large. Throat of 

 a fine deep purple. The reft of the head of a 

 bright green, continued in flreaks down the neck. 

 Breaft a light ferruginous brown, fpotted with 

 black: hind part of the neck, and back, dark brown 

 waved with black. 



Coverts of the wings afh colored : lower coverts 

 ftreaked with rufl color: fcapulars cinereous: quil 

 feathers brownilh cinereous. Secondaries of a fine 

 green, ending in a fhade of black, and edged with 

 white. 



Coverts of the tail a deep changeable green. 

 Twelve feathers in the tail: two middlemofl black; 

 the others brown edged with white. Belly dufky, 

 finely granulated. Legs fmall, and yellow. Webs 

 dufky. 



Taken in a decoy near in 1771. 



Communicated to me by Poore, Efq. 



Anas flrepera (em Leiner). 



Anas ftrepera. Lin, fyfi. 200. 



288. Gad 



Gefner a<v. 121. 



Faun. Suec. fp. 121. 



WALL. 



Aldr. a<v. III. 97. 



Cimbris Knarre-Gaas. Brim- 





Gadwall, or Gray. WiL cm. 



nich) 91. 





37.4- 



Br. Zool. 157. 





Raii fyn. av. 1 45. 



Grave mittel-ente . Fri/cb, 





Le Chipeau. Briffhn a<v, VI. 



II. 168. 





339. tab. SZ.fig. I. 







"^HIS fpecies is rather inferior in fize to the IJescrip. 



ack, 

 and 



I 



A wigeon. The bill is two inches long, black, 



