1-9 BIRDS. PALMIPEDES. 55. Anas, 



Length 21 inches : weight about 3 pounds. 

 Iris yellow : crown black : front and cheeks mixed with white j bft* 

 tween the bill and eyes an oval white fpot : over which is a black 

 line : chin and throat black : breast with a black and white band 1 

 sides with black stripes : tail-coverts white : legs black. 



§62. A. Anser. Bill semicylindrica!, flesh-colour .with a 

 white nail : foody above grey, beneath paler mjxed 

 with grey : neck striate longitudinally, 



Prey-lag Goofe, Walcot f. 61. ^/fo'n i. t. go. 



Length 2 feet 9 : extent, 5 feet : weight 8 or g pounds. 



#<?tf<i and «ec^ grey with an ochraceous mixture ; /capillars edge£ 

 with white: wings various shades of grey with paler margins; 

 quills more or less dusky at the ends : rump and vent white : wings 

 without the coloured fpot : tail tipt with white 1 legs flesh-colour, 



Varies much in its colours by domestication, 



£63. A, Jlbifrons, Bill flesh-colour, with a white nail : 

 foody grey mixed with brown and white : front 

 white. 



White-fronted Goofe. Br, Zool. t. 94. 1. Danov t. 102. Wale, t, 64. 

 Length 2 feet 4 - extent 4 feet 6 : weight 4 to 5 pounds. 

 Bill with an orange fpot at the bale : iris dusky : body above 

 brown edged with grey : breast and belly with large black and white 

 patches : quills dusky, the primaries grey on the outer-webs : rump 

 and vent white ; tail dusky, edged with white ; legs orange* 

 yellow, 

 g(H, A, Segelum, Bill pale red with a blackish nail: 

 foody grey-brown, beneath paler ; wings grey, the 

 larger coverts and secondary quills tipt with white, 



Bean Goofe. Br, Zool. t. 94. 2, Walcot t. 65, 



Length 2 feet 7 : extent 4 feet 11 ; weight 5-7 pounds. 

 Bill dusky at the bafe, much compressed at the end : iris hazel; 

 front mixed with white, behind which the feathers are dusky j 

 greater quills blackish, with grey outer-webs, fecondarics grey with 

 black outer margins : tail edged with white : legs dull orange. 



g65. A., e.ijthropus. Bill black, with a ilpsh-colour spot 

 each side : body grey, undulate above with black 

 and white : neck bl< ck : face and belly white, 



JJernacle Goofe. Hayes t. 24. Walcot t. 62. 



Length 25 inches : extent 4 feet 5 : weight 5 pounds. 



Front, chin, and cheeks white : from the bill to the eyes a black 

 line j crown, neck and uppi?r-part of the back black : upper tail- 

 coverts white : rump and tail black, the latter white at the sides : 

 legs du$ky, 



£66. A. Bernidcti Bill black : head, neck, and breast 

 black 1 a white crescent each side the neck. 



Brent Goofe. Albin ji t. 93. Hayes t. 25. Walcot t. 63. 



Length 28 inches » extent 4 feet : weight 2 pounds and a half. 



Back, fcapulars, and coverts brownish-black, beneath paler r tail- 

 coverts and vent white : sides with white lines -.Jail black : legs 

 black. The young bird wants the white crefcent on the neck, 



£61. A, woVisdma, Bill black, cylindrical; cere bind 

 and wrinkled on the hind-part. 



Eider Duck, Br. Zool.t. 95. Edw. t. 98. Walcot t. 66. 

 Length 1 foot 10 : nearly twice the size of the common duck. 

 Feathers of the front and cheeks proceeding far into the bafe of the 

 bill, and forming two sharp angles : front silvery black : from the 

 bill across the eyes a broad black stripe } beneath the hinder ends 

 of which is a pea-green patch : crown, cheeks, neck, back and wings 

 •tvhite : quills black : breast, belly and tail black : legs dull green, 



