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ORD. III. GEN. XI. DUCK. 



SPE. XIX. LONG-TAILED DUCK. 



PI. 264. 



Anas glacialis. Lin. Syjl. I. p. 203. 



Le Canard a longue queue d'lflande. Brif. Orn. VI. p. 379. 



This duck is the fize of the widgeon. The bill is black at the bafe ; down 

 the middle, and at the end, orange : nail, black : fides of the head, white ; top, 

 black and white : throat, black : back of the neck, dark grey, dafhed with 

 oblong marks of white : breaft, belly, and vent, white : fides of the breaft, 

 black : back, dark chefnut colour, with long black marks in the middle of 

 each feather : fcapulars, long and pointed, middle black, edged with chefnut 

 colour : lefs wing coverts, reddifh brown ; greater, dull brown : quill feathers, 

 black : tail, long and pointed, the two middle feathers black, and much longer 

 than the reft, the two next black likewife, the reft white : legs, dark lead 

 colour. 



This bird breeds in the northern parts of Europe, and is very plentiful in 

 North America; but is a rare fpecies with us, vifiting this kingdom only in 

 very fevere winters. 



