Clafs II. GADWAL L. 473 



thers of a pale brown, edged with white : the greater 

 quil feathers are dufky ; the outmoft webs of the 

 middle feathers of a fine green, the tips black ; the 

 laft are elegantly ftriped with black and white. The 

 two middle feathers of the tail are longer than the 

 others, black and fharp-pointed ; the reft ahVcolored 

 the legs dufky. The head of the female is of a nifty 

 brown, fpotted with black ; the back is of a deep . 

 brown edged with a paler : the tips of the leffer qui! 

 feathers white : the belly white. 



XXII. The GADWALL. 



Anasftrepera (einLeiner.) Ge/ner tab. 33. fig. 1. 



an). 121. Anas ftrepera. Lin.fyfi.200. 



Aldr.av. Hi. 97. Faun. Suec.fp. 121. 



Gadwall, or Gray. Wit. era. CV^/jKnarre-Gaas. BrutmkJh 



374. 91. 



Raii fyn. av. 145. Br. Zool. 157, 

 Le Chipeau. BrijJ'on a<v . vi. 339. 



^T^ HIS fpecies is rather inferior in fize to the wi- Defer. 

 * geon. The bill is two inches long, black, and 

 flat ; the head, and upper part of the neck are of a 

 a reddifh brown fpotted with black; the lower part, 

 the breaft, the upper part of the back, and the fcapu- 

 lars are beautifully marked with black and white lines; 

 the belly is of a dirty white ; the rump above and be- 

 low is black; the tail afh-colored, edged with white; 

 the coverts on the ridge of the wing are of a pale red- 

 difh brown; thofe beneath are of purplifli red, the 

 loweft of a deep black ; the greater quil feathers are 

 dufky ; the inner web of three of the leiTer quil fea- 

 thers are white; which forms a confpicuous fpot; 



the 



