604 G A R G A N E Y. Class II. 



and flat; the head, and upper part of the neck, are 

 of a reddifh brown, fpotted with black •, the lower 

 part, the bread, the upper part of the back, and 

 the fcapulars, are beautifully marked with black 

 and white lines ; the belly is of a dirty white ; 

 the rump above and below is black ; the tail afh. 

 colored, edged with white; the coverts on the ridge 

 of the wing are of a pale reddifh brown ; thofe 

 beneath are of purplifh red, the loweft of a deep 

 black : the greater quil- feathers are dufky : the 

 inner web of three of the leffer quil-feathers are 

 white; which forms a confpicuous fpot; the legs 

 are orange colored. The bread of the female is 

 of a reddiih. brown, fpotted with black : the back 

 of the fame color ; and though it has the fame 

 marks on the wings, they are far inferior in bright- 

 neis to thofe of the male. 



•89. Gar G A- La Saicelle. Bthm Ov. 175. Krickantl. Kram. 343. 



NET. Querquedula varia. Gejner Anas Querquedula. Lirt. fyft. 



av. 107. 203. 



Scavolo, Cercevolo, Garga- Faun. Suec. fp. 128. 



nctio.JUr. av.IIl. 89,90. Kriech-Ente. Frifch, II. 176. 



TJ'tl. orn. ^77. Norvegis Krek-And. Quibufd. 



Querquedula prima Alur. Saur-And. Brunnicb, 81. 



Raii fyn. av. 148*. Br. Zool. 158. Scopali, No. 



La Sarceile. Brijfon av. VI. 75. 



427. /«£. 39. 



Dsscrip. /TpHE length of this fpecies is feventeen in- 

 ■*' ches ; the extent twenty-eight. The bill is 



of 



* Mr. Raj, in hisjfyn. av. 147. defcribes a duck under the 

 name of Pbafeas ; in Torkjhirs it is called the widgeon : he 



fays, 



