360 DUCK. 



119 —ICELAND DUCK. 



Anas Islandica, Ind.Om. ii. 871. Gm. Lin. i. 541. 



Hrafn-ond, Muller, No. 131. Isl. reise, 688. Arct. Zool. ii. 574. H. 



Iceland Duck, Gen. Syn. vi. 545. 



GENERAL colour black ; head crested ; fore part of the neck., 

 breast, and belly, white ; legs saffron-colour. 

 Inhabits Iceland, and called Hrafn-ond. 



120— DUSKY DUCK. 



Anas obscura, hid. Orti. ii. 871. Gm. Lin. i. 541. Amer. Orn. viii. pi. 72. 5. 

 Dusky Duck, Gen. Syn. vi. 545. Arct. Zool, ii. No. 496. 



LENGTH two feet. Bill narrow, dusky, tinged with blue; 

 crown dusky; neck pale brown, streaked downwards with dusky 

 lines ; back and wings deep brown ; breast and belly the same, 

 edged with dirty yellow ; primaries dusky; speculum of a fine blue, 

 bounded by a black bar; tail cuneiform, dusky, edged with white; 

 legs dusky, or yellow. The female chiefly differs in having more 

 brown in the plumage. 



Inhabits North America; called on the Coast of Jersey, Black- 

 Duck, chiefly in the salt marshes, generally migratory, but some 

 remain and breed. The eggs eight or ten, most like those of the 

 Domestic Duck ; the chief food minute snail shells, found in the 

 marshes. The flesh inferior to that of the Wild Duck ; are in 

 abundance from Florida to New England, but chiefly on the sea 

 coast. 



