342 duck. 



A.— Querquedula Fenoensis, Bris. vi. 466. t. 40. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 482. Ind. Orn. 865. 8. 

 Sarcelle de Ferroe, Buf. ix. 278. PL enl. 999— young bird. Gen. Syn. vi. 531. 



LENGTH, sixteen inches and a half. Bill dusky, at the base of 

 the upper mandible a spot of pale grey, from thence a black streak 

 down the middle of the crown to the hindhead ; sides of the head 

 pale grey, inclining to yellow ; and just round the eye white ; hind 

 part of the head, and neck, dusky and white mixed ; sides of the 

 last dark brown ; throat, and forepart of the neck, white, minutely 

 spotted with brown ; back, wings, rump, and upper tail coverts, 

 brown ; the last white on the sides ; scapulars long, brown, with 

 rufous margins ; breast and belly white ; tail pointed, the four 

 .fniddle feathers grey brown, the five on each side pale grey, with 

 whitish edges ; legs brownish lead-colour. 



Inhabits the Ferroe Isles, and there called Oedel ; supposed to 

 be a variety of the female. Further descriptions might be added 

 from other authors, but we trust that the above will be sufficient to 

 discriminate the species. 



104.—WESTERN DUCK. 



Anas dispav, Ind. Orn. ii. 866. Gm. Lin.i. 535. Mus. Carls, fasc. i. t. 7, 8. 



oecidua, Nat. Misc. pi. 34. 



— Stelleri, Pall. Spic. vi. 35. ,t. 5. Gm. Lin. i. 518. 



Western Duck, Gen. Syn. vi. 532. Id. Sup. 275. Art. Zoot. ii. No. 497. pi. 23. 



LENGTH seventeen inches. Bill like that of the Wigeon, 

 black ; irides hoary brown ; top and sides of the head and neck, 

 and hind part of the last, for halfway, white ; across the forehead, 

 from eye to eye, a pea-green band ; at the nape a transverse one of 

 the same, but much deeper in colour, beneath which is a round 

 black spot, the size of a pea ; at the lower angle of the eye, behind, 

 another of the same, but irregular in shape ; the chin, throat, and 

 neck before, black, communicating with a collar of the same, which 

 surrounds the neck about the middle ; from the hind part of this the 



