CiafsII. SHIELD RAKE, 4 6t, 



XII. The SHIELDRAKE, 



La Tadorne. Beloka-v. tyz. tab. 33. fig. 2. 



Anas maricima. Gefnerav. §035 PL enl. 53, 



804. Bergander humeri. Chenalopex 



Vulpanfer Tadorne. AUr. av. P/inii. 



iii.71.97. Dams Brand-Gaas, Grav-Gaas. 



Shieldrake, or burrough Duck. Norvegis Ring-Gaas, Fager- 



Wil. orn. $63. Gaas, Ur-Gaas, Rodbelte. 



Raiifyn. a<u. 1 40. Feroenfibus Hav- Simmer. IJlan- 



Anas tadorna. Lin. fyjl. 195. dis Avekong. Br. 47. 



Jugas. Faun.Suec.fp. 113. £ r . ZW. 154. 

 La Tadorne. BriJ/onav.v'i. 344. 



f~|P H E male of this elegant fpecies weighs two Defer. 

 JL pounds ten ounces ; the length is two feet ; 

 the breadth three and a half. The bill is of a bright 

 red, and at the bafe fwells into a knob, which is moll 

 confpicuous in the fpring ; the head and upper part 

 of the neck is of a fine blackifh green ; the lower 

 part of the neck white ; the bread, and upper part 

 of the back is furrounded with a broad band of bright 

 orange bay •, the coverts of the wings, and the mid- 

 dle of the back are whiter the neareft fcapulars black, 

 the others white ; the greater quil feathers are black; 

 the exterior webs of the next are a fine green, and 

 thofe of the three fucceeding orange •, the coverts of 

 the tail are white ; the tail itfelf of the fame color, 

 and except the two outmoft feathers tipt with black ; 

 the belly white, divided lengthways by a black line; 

 the legs of a pale flem color, 



Thefe birds inhabite the fea coafts, and breed in 

 rabbet holes. When a perfon attempts to take their 



young, the old birds fhew great addrefs in diverting 

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