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is robbed after that, fhe will ftill lay -, but the drakes 

 mull fupply the down, as her flock is now exhaufted-, 

 but if the eggs are taken a third time, fhe wholy de- 

 ferts the place. 



This kind is double the fize of the common duck : Defcr> 

 its bill is black ; the feathers of the forehead and 

 cheeks advance far into the bafe, fo as to form two 

 very fharp angles : the forehead is of a full velvet 

 black : from the bill to the hind part of the head is a 

 broad black bar, pafling a-crofs the eyes on each fide : 

 on the hind part of the neck, juft beneath the ends 

 of thefe bars, is a broad pea-green mark, that looks 

 like a flain : the crown of the head, the cheeks, the 

 neck, back, fcapulars and coverts of the wings are 

 white ; the lower part of the breafl, the belly, tail, 

 and quil feathers are black, the legs are green : the 

 female is of a reddifh brown, barred tranfverfely with 

 black ; but the head and upper part of the neck are 

 marked with dufky ftreaks pointing downward ; the 

 primary feathers are black, the greater or laft row of 

 coverts of the wings, and the lefTer row of quil fea- 

 thers tipt with white : the tail is dufky -, the belly of 

 a deep brown marked obfcurely with black. 



VII. The 



