4?* WIGEOR Clafs IL 



It is the fize of a common duck : the bill large, 

 broad, and ferrated round the edges, and of a yel- 

 lowifh brown color : the head large and round : the 

 irides of the color of gold : the head and upper part 

 of the neck are of a deep grey, at the extremity of 

 the grey pafTes a collar of white half an inch broad, 

 furrounding the neck. The bread is of a filvery grey: 

 the belly quite white : the back and wings black -, the 

 latter, when expanded, fhew a few white feathers : the 

 tail mort and black : the legs of a yellowilh brown 

 color: the hind toe fmall. 



XXI. The WIGEOR 



Anas fiftularis (ein Pfeifente) Anas fiftularis, Ie Canard fif- 



Gefner a<v. 121. fleur. Brijfon av. vi. 391. 



Penelope. Aldr. a=v. iii.92. tab. 35. fig. 2. 



Wigeon, or Whewer. Wil. orn. Eiflent mil weifferpiatten. Krant. 



375- 342. 



Raiifyn. ait. 146. Danis Bles-And. Brunnich. 72. 



Anas penelops. Lin.fyfi. 202. Br. Zoo!, s 57. add. plates. 

 Wriand. Faun. Suec.fp. 124. 



Defer. HP HE wigeon weighs near twenty-three ounces; 

 JL the length is twenty inches ; the breadth two 

 feet three. The bill is lead coloured ; the end of it 

 black j the head, and upper part of the neck is of a 

 brio-ht light bay •, the forehead paler, in fome almoft 

 white : the plumage of the back, and fides under 

 the wings are elegantly marked with narrow, black 

 and white undulated lines : the bread is of a 

 purplifh hue, which fometimes though rarely is 

 marked with round black fpots : the belly white : 

 the vent feathers black. In fome birds the 

 coverts of the wings are almoft wholly white ; in o- 



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