88 AMERICAN WIDGEON. 



tials black edged with white, between which and the beauty spot 

 several of the secondaries are white. 



The female has the whole head and neck yellowish white, 

 thickly speckled with black, very little rufous on the breast ; the 

 back is dark brown. The young males, as usual, very much like 

 the females during the first season, and do not receive their full 

 plumage until the second year. They are also subject to a regu- 

 lar change every spring and autumn. 



