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this a ring of white, about half an inch broad ; next to this the 

 breast is ferruginous for the breadth of five or six inches; back 

 brown, marked with numerous, pale, undulated lines, giving a 

 powdery appearance ; wing coverts white; prime quills black ; the 

 secondaries deep shining green ; the lower scapulars bright chestnut 

 as far as the quills ; from thence to the upper edge grey ; belly dark 

 brown, crossed with fine undulated grey lines like the back; rump 

 and tail black; the last glossy, and short ; legs black. 

 Inhabits New-Holland. 



69.— ASH-HEADED DUCK. 



LENGTH twenty inches. Bill one inch and three quarters, 

 black, with a small nail at the end; head, neck, and breast, cine- 

 reous white, clouded a little with brown on the latter; middle of the 

 back brown ; scapulars ferruginous tawny ; wing coverts above and 

 beneath greenish black; in the middle, above, glossed with purple; 

 below this a patch of white; from the middle of the second quills 

 being so on the outer webs to within one inch and a half of the ends; 

 otherwise black ; greater quills plain black ; belly and sides fine 

 tawny chestnut, with a mixture of white down the middle; between 

 the legs and behind deep chocolate brown ; vent and under tail 

 coverts white ; tail black ; legs stout, long, and red, bare one inch 

 above the joint ; hind toe long, claws black ; at the bend of the 

 wing a blunt, stout knob, or spur. 



A second of these, supposed the other sex, was smaller, and not 

 greatly different in colour; the beginning of the back, as well as 

 the scapulars, tawny, and the belly paler ; the deep brown behind 

 the legs wanting. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. These were formerly alive in 

 the possession of the Rev. Mr. Bale, of Withiam, and are now in the 



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