duck. 279 



white ; the rest of the plumage dusky brown. The female is 

 smaller, more inclined to ash-colour ; the ends of the feathers paler ; 

 the white on the neck less pure ; the breast and belly crossed with 

 greyish and brown stripes. 



Inhabits the north-east parts of Europe, migrating into Germany, 

 where two only have been met with ; it most resembles the female 

 of the Scoter, but whether it is a distinct species seems uncertain. 



51.— VELVET DUCK. 



Anas fusca, Ind. Orn. ii. 848. Lin. i. 196. Fn. suec. No. 109. Gm. Lin. i. 507. 



Scop. i. No. 68. Brun. No. 48, 49. Midler, No. 109. Frisch, t. 165. Georgi, 



p. 160. Jacq. Voy. p. 30. 15. t. 6. N. Act. Stockh. 1785. iii. No. 6. p. 188. 



Borowsk. iii. p. 17. 12. Nat. xxv. s. 10. Besch. d. Berl. Nat. iii. 374. t. 8. f. 1.— 



the trachea. Amer. Orn. viii. 137. pi. 72. f. 3. Tern. Man. 552. Id. Ed. 2d. S55. 

 Anus nigra major, Bris. vi. 423. Id. 8vo. ii. 472. Rail, 141. A. 4. Will. 278. t. 70. 



Klein, 133. 12. Act. Nidr. i. t. 5. 

 Turpan, N. C. Petr. iv. 420. Buf. ix. 291. Bell, Trav. p. 42. 

 Die Sammetente, Bechst. Deuts. ii. 568. Id. Ed. 2d. iv. 954. Nat. xii. 132. 71. 

 Bruine Zee-Eend, Sepp, Vog.iv. t. p. 331. 

 Grande, ou double Macreuse, Buf. ix. 242. PI. enl. 956 — male. 

 Great Black Duck, Will. Engl. 363. pi. 70. 

 Velvet Duck, Gen. Syn. vi. 482. Id. Sup. 274. Id. Sup. ii. 350. Br. Zool. ii. No. 



272. pi. 96. Id.fol. 152. Add. Id. 1812. ii. 247. pi. 41. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 4S2. 



Id. Sup. p. 75. Hist. Kamts. p. 160. Ell. Narr. ii. p. 43. Beiv. ii. pi. in p. 322. 



Lin. Tr. iv. 119. pi. xv. f. 3 — 7. — the trachea. Lew. vii. pi. 247. Wale. i. pi. 58. 



Pult. Dors. p. 20. Orn. Diet. Sf Supp. 



THIS is a trifle larger than the Mallard ; length twenty-two 

 inches, to the toes twenty-four, breadth three feet. Bill broad and 

 flat, rising into a flattish black knob, just before the nostrils, 

 almost circular ; the sides lemon-colour, nail dull pink ; edges of 

 the bill black ; between the bill and nail a whitish space ; lower 

 mandible straight, dull pink at the end, but black towards the 

 throat ; irides greenish yellow ; plumage in general black, inclined 

 to brown on the belly and vent ; under each eyelid a white mark, 

 passing in a streak behind the eye, and across the middle of the 



