LONG-TAILED DUCK OF NEW- 
FOUNDLAND. 
This Newfoundland Long-Tailed Duck of 
Edv^'ards, is the Anas Glacialis, of Linnaeus 
and Gmelin ; the Swallow-Tailed Sheldrakcj of 
Ray and Willughby ; and the Long-Tailed 
Duck from Newfoundland, of Brisson, BufFon, 
and most other naturalists. 
It is described by Edwards to be about the 
size of our Wigeon ; but, for greater certainty, 
he gives the particular dimensions of the bird 
here delineated from his original. 
It's principal measures are as follow: 
from bill point to tlie corners of the mouth, 
a. little more than one inch and a half ; the 
wing, when closed, is eight inches long; the 
legs, from the knees downwards, are not quite 
an inch and a half; the middle toe is a little 
above two inches ; and the middle feathers of 
the tail arc near eight inches long. 
The bill is black; except a red bar across 
the 
