LONG-TAILED DUCK OF NEWFOUNDLAND 
the upper mandible, between the nostrils and 
the tip, deeply pectinated on it's edges, 
and shaped as in most other Ducks. The 
fore part and sides of the head, and the sides 
of the neck, are of a light brown, inclining to 
flesh colour. The hind part of the head and 
neck, tlie throat, and beginning of the breast, 
are white. It has a large black spot on each 
side of the head, or beginning of the neck. 
The back, and covert-feathers of the wings, 
arc of a glossy black. The greater quills, 
and the four longest or middle feathers of the 
tail, are black or dusky. The inner quills 
which fall next the back are of a dark reddish 
brown colour. The insides of the wings are 
wholly of a dusky brown colour. The breast 
is of a dusky blacky which colour joins itself in 
the upper part by a ring with the black on the 
back. The sides 'under the wings, the thighs, 
belly, and covert-feathers beneath the tail, ate 
white; as are the outer feathers of tiie tail, on 
each side, w^ith their upper coveit-feathers. 
From the shoulder spring plats of long, narrow, 
white feathers, which extend themselves be- 
tween the back and wings on each side, almost 
to tlie beginning of the tail. The legs and 
toes 
