3 68 PINTAIL DUCK. Clafs II. 



brown, fpotted with darker : the legs fhort and 

 flender : the feet fmall, of a reddiih brown color, 



XVI. The PINTAIL DUCK. 



Anas caudacuta (ein fpitzfch- Raiijyn. a<v. 147. 



wantz) Gefner a<u. 121. Anas acura. Lin.J'yft. 202. 



Aldr. an. iii, 97. Aler, Ahlvogel. Faun. Sue^./f. 

 Sea Pheafant, or Cracker. Wik \ 26. 



orn. 376. Brunnich in append. 



Le Canard a longue queue. Aglek. Crant^s Green/, i. 8o, 



BriJJbna'v. v\. 369. tab. 34. Br. Zoo/. 156. 

 Shwaibenfcheif. Kram. 340. 



^pHE form of this fpecies is flender, and the 

 Defer. X nec k long : its weight twenty-four ounces : its 

 length twenty-eight inches ; its breadth one yard 

 two inches. The bill is black in the middle, blue on 

 the fides : the head is ferruginous, tinged behind the 

 ears with purple -, from beneath the ears commences 

 a white line, which runs fome way down the neck ; 

 this line is bounded by black : the hind part of the 

 neck, the back, and fides are elegantly marked with 

 white and dufky waved lines : the fore part of the 

 neck, and belly are white : the fcapulars ftriped with 

 black and white : the coverts of the wings afh- 

 colored •, the loweft tipt with dull orange : the mid- 

 dle quil-feathers barred on their outmoft webs with 

 green, black and white : the exterior feathers of the 

 tail are afb-colored : the two middle black, and three 

 inches longer than the others : the feet of a lead color. 

 The female is of a light brown color, fpotted with 

 black. Mr. Hartlib y in the appendix to his Legacy, 



tells 



