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ORD. III. GEN. XI. DUCK. 



SPE. VII. SCAUP DUCK. 



PI. 251. 



Anas marila. Lin. Syft. I. p. 196. 



Le petit Morillon raye. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 416. 



This is a fmall fpecies, weighing only twenty-two ounces, and the male and 

 female are nearly of a fize. The bill is two inches long, of a lead colour, and 

 broad at the end; nail, black: eyes, orange: head, and neck, gloffy black: 

 upper part of the back, white, marbled with grey : lower parts, dark grey: 

 fhoulder, grey brown, fpeckled with black: ends of the lefs wing-coverts, 

 white; greater, black, tipped with blueifh green: quill feathers, black; outer 

 webs, gloffy blue : breaft, and belly, white : tail, very fhort, round, and black : 

 legs, fhort; webs, very broad, and lead coloured. 





