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ANAS QUERQUED Uvbe@, 
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ANSERES 
Bill obtufe, covered with a thin membrane, broad, gibbous below 
the bafe, {welled at the apex. Tongue flefhy. Legs naked, Feet 
webbed or finned. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill convex above, flat beneath, hooked at the apex with mem- 
branous teeth. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Bill lead colour, Head dufky with oblong ftreaks. From the cor- 
ner of each eye a white line paffes to the back of the neck. Cheeks 
and upper part of the neck, brown-purple, marked with minute ob- 
long white lines, pointing downwards. HBreaft light brown, with femi- 
circular bars of black. Belly white. Wing coverts grey; firft quills 
afi coloured, exterior webs of the middle quills green. Legs lead 
colour. 
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