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ORD. III. GEN. XI. DUCK. 



SPE. XVIII. PIN-TAILED DUCK. 



PI. 263. 



Anas acuta. Lin. Syft. I. p. 202. 



Le Canard a longue queue. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 369. 



This bird weighs near a pound and three quarters. The neck is long and 

 flender : the bill is broad, of a blueifh colour ; nail, black : eyes, dark brown : 

 the feathers of the head, of a dark purple brown : on the fide of the neck, from 

 the eye, is a long, broad line of white : throat, dark brown : fore part of the 

 neck, and breaft, white : back, grey, minutely marked with wavy lines of 

 black and white : lefs wing coverts, dull orange colour : greater coverts, green 

 (haded with black, edges white : quill feathers, part black, the reft white : 

 outer feathers of the tail, afh-coloured, the two middle ones black, pointed, 

 and three inches longer than the others: belly, grey, marked with very fine 

 lines of black on the fides : vent, black : legs, lead coloured. 



The female is of a light brown colour, faintly mottled with black, and has 

 a whitiih bar on the wing. The tail is long, and pointed, but without the two 

 extremely long black feathers, which the male has. 



This is a common fpecies on the feafhores of Great Britain in the winter, 

 and breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America. 



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