NATURALISTS CABINET. 



Description. 



like manner sprinkled or speckled ; the lower part 

 towards the rump still darker; the rump itself of 

 a sort of glossy purple. The sides of the body r 

 and the longer thigh-feathers, are beautified with 

 transverse brown lines, with a bluish sort of mix- 

 ture. The scapular feathers of the wings are of 

 a fme silver colour, beautifully variegated with 

 brown transverse lines; the second row of thef 

 quill-feathers tipped with white, with the outward 

 webs of a fine bluish purple, and a border of 

 black, running between the white and the blue ; 

 the rest of the wings variegated with silver-co- 

 Ipured feathers, with some of their edges black, 

 others of a dark purple. The under parts of the 

 tail is black, the feathers on the upper part end 

 In sharp points, the middlemost of which turn ur> 

 in a circular form towards the back, and appear 

 of a fine glossy purple colour. They are fea- 

 thered down to the knees, the legs and feet are of 

 a saffron colour. 



THE TUFTED, OR BLJCK-CRESTED 

 DUCK. 



THIS Is not quite so large as the wild mallard, 

 the shape of its body appearing more broad, 

 short, thick, and compressed ; the bill broad, and 

 about twt> inches long, is of a palish blue colony 

 black at the tip; the upper part of the head is of 

 blackish mixed purple, with a fine crest of fea- 



