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 The Hen French Teal. Qiierquedula Franc ia Feiii. 



Numb. CII. 



ITS Weight was twelve Ounces; Lengthy from tht 

 Tip of the Bill, to the End of the Tail, was fix-teen 

 Inches ; Breadth, when the Wings were extended, was twen^ 

 ty four Inches ; its Bill is broad, black, and fomething 

 reflected upwards ; the Irides of the Eyes, of a yellowifli 

 white; the top of the Head, upper part of the Neck, 

 Back, and Tail were of a dusky brown Colour ; its 

 Throat, Breaft, Belly, and Thighs were of a fordid 

 white, with tranfverfe Spots of dark brown towards the 

 Neck and Back, and more dilute on. the Breaft, Belly, 

 and Thighs. 



The Number of prime Feathers of the Wings are 

 twenty four, being for the moft part of a dark brown 

 Colour; the four or live firft Feathers, of the firft Row 

 of Coverts are of a dark blue, all the reft in that Row 

 of a lliining green Colour, both having white Tips. The 

 fecond Row, was of a hairColour with broad Tips of for- 

 did white, inclining to yellow, the fcapiilar Feathers, of a 

 hairColour edged with faint fmali Strociks ( f white. The 

 Legs and Feet were of a pale du^ky brownifli Colour. 



T his Bird is of a delicate Tafte and whoiefome Nou- 

 riflinient. Seethe Cock, Vol. I. Plate loo. 



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