( 2* ) 



O R D. III. GENUS XL DUCK. 



Bill, flat, broad at the end, (lightly arched at the bafe, and pectinated on 



the edges. 

 Nostrils, oval, and placed near the middle of the bill. 

 Tongue, flefhy, and indented at the edges. 

 Toes, three before, united by a broad web ; the hind toe in raoft is fhort, 



and partly webbed. 

 Ducks have a fhort neck, and flat oval body, with legs very fhort, and 



placed more backward than in the geefe. 



SPECIES I. EIDER DUCK. 



PI. 245. 



Anas molliffima. Lin. Syft. I. p. 198. 



L'Oie a duvet, ou l'Eider. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 294. 



This is the largeft of the Britifh ducks, weighing upwards of four pounds. 

 The bill is black, and flat at the end : the noftrils are large, and from them, 

 on each fide of the bafe of the bill, over the eyes to the back of the neck 

 pafles a ftripe of velvet black feathers, parted on the top of the head by a lift 

 or ftripe of white : the cheeks, throat, neck, back, fhoulders, and wing-coverts 

 are white : the upper part of the neck behind, below the black feathers, is 

 faintly tinged with pale pea- green : the lower part of the breaft, the belly, tail, 

 and quills, are black : legs, green. 



