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Sarcelle blanche et noire, ou la Religieufe. Buff. \x, p. 284. — 



PI EnL 948. 

 Little Black and White Duck. Edw, t, 100. 

 Spirit Duck, Spectre Duck. ArH, ZooL l\. N°, 4S7»—Lath, 



Gen. Si/ri. vi. 533. 75. 



Very rare in Britain. 



Our fpecimen is rather fmaller than the fpecies is ufually defcribed, 

 the length of our bird being only thirteen inches ; while its ordinary 

 length according to fome authors is about lixteen inches. There can, 

 however, be no diftruft refpe6ting the identity of the fpecies, nor is 

 there any doubt of our example being of the male fex. 



The female is fomewhat lefs than the male bird, and the prevaihng 

 colour of die plumage brown. The fpecies is chiefly an inhabitant 

 of the Ar6tic regions. 



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