0^3\ClTH0L0gf. Book HI. 



§. v. 



Thefiarp-taU'd IJland Duck of Wormius, called by the IJianders, Havelda. 



T is Ms than the broad-bill'd Duck, called by Gefmr Schellent : From the crown 

 . of the Head to the Rump of a foot and three inches length. Its Head is fmall, 

 comprefled, having white feathers about the Eyes^ on the crown black ones incli- 

 ning to cinereous. The Neck is of the fame colour : The Back down to the Rump is 



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black, with a mixture of * Ifabella colour. The Plumage on its Rump is mingled of 

 black and white. Out of the end of the Rump fpring four fharp, black feathers ; 

 two of which are nine inches long, the other two of the fame colour and figure, 

 being but one third of the former in length. The underfide of the Neck and the Bel- 

 ly half-way are black 3 the other half, and the fides, fo far as covered by the Wings, 

 white. The feathers on the upper furface of the Wings are of a purplifti black, on 

 the under fide cinereous. The Bill is broad like the common Ducks, toothed I the 

 tip, and the part next the Head black, the middle part of an elegant red-lead-colour ; 

 iS dusky ' lt ls fmaI1 and P ro P ortione d to the body. The Feet are * brown $ the Claws and 

 membranes between the Toes black. The fourth ( which ftands backward, and re* 

 fembles a Spur ) hath a broad membrane annexed. 



$. VI. 



The Swallow-taiVd Sheldrake of Mr. Johnfon. 



THe Bill is (hort and fimous, black at the root to the Nofthrils, and at the end, 

 the reft red : The Head and Neck all white, which colour reacheth to a good 

 part of the Breaft, but further on the Ba£k almoft to the Scapula, fave that there and 

 behind the Ears there is a mixture of dusky Plumage : The Back and Wings black, as 

 is the Breaft to the mid-belly 5 but the W r ings are lighter than the Back, efpecially the 

 middle Pens, which incline to a ruffet. On either fide the Back from the Scapula go- 

 down divers long, (harp-pointed white feathers, which make an area of about four 

 inches long, and one broad: The reft of the Belly and under the Tail fe all white: 

 The Tail hath fixteen pens 5 the two outmoft all white, the four middle all black, and 

 two of thofe longer than the reft by three inches atleaft, and very fharp-pointed, the 

 reft black on the out edge, and white on thfc inner} the Legs whitifhblue, withblack 

 Webs. She is a great diver, and of thefize of zWigeon. 



I fhould have taken this to be the Male, and that defcribed by Wormim the Female 

 Havelda, in refpect of fome common notes in Tail and Neb 5 but that the Female was 

 with this of mine ( as may be prefumed, a pair only feeding together, feveral days in 

 Tees River, below Bamards-Cajile ) and did not much differ in colour. Thus far 

 Mr. Johnfon: I am almoft perfwaded that it is fpecifically the fame with Wormim his 

 Havelda, differing only in Age or Sex, or perhaps both. 



§. VII. 



The great red-headed Duck' Seen and defcribed at Rome. 



I T is full as big or bigger than the tame Duck 5 weighing two pounds and ten ounces 

 I Roman. Its Bill is broad, as in the reft of this kind, thicker and broader at the 

 bafe, (lenderer, and narrower toward the point, {freight, of alight fanguine colour. 

 Each Mandible is pectinated or toothed with low teeth. The Tongue is thick,broad, 

 as is ufual in Ducks, of a flefh colour, cut in on each fide with black teeth, like thofe 

 of a Sickle. The Head feems greater and thicker than in proportion to the body. 

 The crown of the Head is covered with a curious filken Plumage of a pale red co- 

 lour. Thefe feathers are longer than ordinary, and more erect, fo that they appear 

 like a great creft or tuft. The Eyes are red like the Bill, or rather of a red-lead co- 

 lour. Beneath the Eyes on each fide and under the Throat the feathers are of a deep 

 * Ruffm * red. The whole Neck, the Breaft, Shoulders and whole Belly are black. The 

 fides under the Wings, and the interiour furface of the Wings white, with a very 

 Height tincfure or dafh of red. Each Wing had twenty fix quilsof the fame colour 

 alfo above, excepting only the fix next the body, which are grey, or afh- coloured. 



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