BIRDS. PALMIPEDES. 55. Anas. 75 



Female, breast reddish-brown with black fpots, without the 

 curved lines. 



2^9. A. Fenelope. Bill lead-colour, tipt with black : 

 head bay spotted with black ; front yellowish-white : 

 back with grey and blackish undulate lines : vent 

 black. 



Wigeon. Walcot t. 71. Will. Angl. p. 375. t. 72. 



Length 20 inches : extent 27 : weight near 24 ounces. 



Breast purplish, with often black fpots: belly white : wing-ffot 

 blue-green, black before and behind : wing-coverts brown, fornetimes 

 varied with white : quills dusky tipt with black : 2 middle tail- 

 feathers longer than the rest, dusky ; the rest grey edged with ru- 

 fous-brown : leg% dusky. 



Female, brown with darker fpots, breast paler. 



280. A. glocitans. Bill lead-colour, tipt with black: 

 head slightly crested, green, with a ferruginous spot 

 before and behind the eyes : back dark-brown with 

 black waves : wing-spot green, edged with white. 



Bimaculated Duck. Br. Zool. ii. ». 287. t. ■ 100. f, 2. 



Length 20 inches : extent 25 and a half. 



Crown green-brown, with a brown streak on the nape : throat 

 deep purple : head bright green, streaked down the neck : breast 

 ferruginous fpotted with black : belly dusky, fpeckled : wing- 

 coverts grey, the lower-ones with- rusty streaks: tail-coverts 

 changeable green : 2 middle tail-feathers black, the rest brown 

 edged with white : legs yellow, with dusky webs. 



281. A.ferzna. Bill blue, tipt with black: body With 

 grey and black undulate lines : head chesnut : pec* 

 toral band, rump, and vent black. 



Fochard. IValcot t. 74. Albin ii. t. 98. Will. Angl. t. 72. 



Length 19 inches : extent 30 : weight 28 ounces. 



Breast with a broad black band meeting at the back: quills dusky; 

 belly white, with dusky lines : tail dusky, mixed with grey : legs 

 lead-colour. 



282. A. acuta. Bill black, bluish on the sides : head 

 rufous-brown, with a longitudinal white stripe each 

 side from the hind- part : back with grey and black 

 undulate lines : 2 middle tail-feathers very long, 

 pointed, black. 



Pintail Duck. Walcot t. 72. Albin t. 94. 95. Will. Angl. t. 75. 



Length 28 inches : extent 3 feet 2 : weight 24 ounces. 



Head with a purple tinge behind the ears : nape with a purple 

 gloss : neck white on the lower-part before : belly white : wings 

 brown: wing-fpot violet-green, ferruginous before, white behind: 

 tail, except the middle feathers, dusky edged with white : vent 

 black : legs lead-colour. Female, head ferruginous with dusky 

 streaks, wing-coverts brownish edged with grey. 



-283. A. glacialis. Bill black, orange in the middle : 

 body black, beneath white : front and sides of the 

 head reddish-grey : 2 middle tail-feathers very long, 

 narrow, pointed. Young bird, body while : temples, 

 breast, back and wings black. Female, blackish 

 varied with rufous and grey : back black : collar and 

 lower-part of the belly white. 



Long-tailed Duck. Br. Zool. t. 98. 1. Denov t. 111. Wale. t. 73. 

 Length 22 inches : extent 29 : size of the Wigeon. 

 Iris red : nape and neck before and behind white, the latter with 

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