duck. 327 



89— CAPE WIGEON. 



Anas Capensis, Ind. Orti. ii. 861. Gm. Lin. i. 527. 

 Cape Wigeon, Gen. Syn. vi. 519. 



SIZE of a Wigeon ; length fifteen inches. Bill two, red, round 

 the base black ; the head is pale bluish ash, marked with minute 

 dusky specks, as in the Wigeon ; lower part of the neck and breast 

 bluish ash, the feathers margined with ash; back reddish brown, 

 edged cream-colour; quills dusky ash ; speculum of the wings pale 

 greenish blue, bounded above and below with white ; legs pale red ; 

 webs dusky; claws black. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. — Sir Joseph Banks. 



90— SUPERCILIOUS DUCK. 



Anas superciliosa, Ind.Orn.'u. 852. Got. Lin. i. 537. 

 Supercilious Duck, Gen. Syri.vi. 497. 



THIS is nearly the size of a Mallard : length twenty-one inches. 

 Bill lead-coloured, with a black tip; general colour of the plumage 

 cinereous brown, the edges of the feathers very pale ; over the eye 

 a white streak ; beneath a second, broader ; chin and fore part of 

 the neck dusky white ; speculum of the wings pale blue, tinged with 

 green, bounded by black, edged with white ; legs dusky ash. 



Inhabits New Zealand. Found both in Charlotte's Sound and 

 Dusky Bay; there called He-turrera. — Sir Joseph Banks. I suspect 

 that this and the last are allied : probably differ in sex. 



91— CANVAS-BACKED DUCK. 



Anas valisneria, Canvas-backed Duck, Amer. Orn. viii. 103. pi. 70. 5. Frank!. Narr. 

 App. p. 699. 



THIS approaches nearest to the Pochard, but is quite distinct; 

 it is two feet long, three feet in extent of wing, and weighs three 



