Defer. 



456 VELVET DUCK. ClafsII. 



VII. The VELVET DUCK. 



Ari2s nigra, roftro nigro rubro Anas fufca. Lin. Jyfl. ig<£ 



et luteo. Aldr. a<y.\\\ 97. Faun. Suec. fp. 109. 



The black Duck. Wil. orn. 363. Gunner, tab. v. 



Bail fjn.au. 14 r. lncolis Chriftianfoe Svcerte. Nor- 

 Da/e's hi(i. Harwich. 40^ . vegis Soe-Orre Hav-Orre v. 



Turpan. N. Com. Petr. iv. 420. Sav-Orre, quibufdam Soite, 

 La grande Macreufe. BriJ/onav. Brunnich.jfi. 



vi. 423. Br. Zool. 152. add. plates. 



H E male of this fpecies, according to Mr. 



WHloughby, (for we have feen only the female) 

 is larger than the tame duck. The bill is broad and 

 fhort, yellow on the fides, black in the middle, and 

 the hook red : the head, and part of the neck is black 

 tinged with green : behind each ear is a white fpot; 

 and in each wing is a white feather ; all the reft of the 

 the plumage is of a fine black, and of the foft and 

 delicate appearance of velvet : the legs and feet are 

 red •, the webs black : the female is entirely of a deep 

 brown color ; the marks behind each ear and on the 

 wings excepted : the bill is of the fame colors with 

 that of the male •, but wants the protuberance at the 

 bafe of it, which Linnaus gives the male *. 



* Faun. Suec. laft edit. 39. 



VIII. The 



