ANAS ACUTA. 
PINTAIL DUCK. 
Generic Character, See AnSiS Cygnus, (ferus.) 
Synonyms. 
Anas Acuta. Lin. Syft. i. p. 202. 28. 
Pintail. Br. ZooL 2. 228. IL foL 156. iah, ^fig, 8. 
Lath. Syn. 6. p. 526. 72. Mont. Orn. Di^, 
Bewick's Bn Birds ^ P/. 2.^. 324. 
vanes 
JL H I S elegant fpecles weighs about two pounds, it 
in length from twenty-four to thirty-two inches, and in breadth 
from thirty-four to forty inches ; bill flender, about two 
inches and a half long, the nail fmali ; eyes red ; neck long 
and remarkably flender ; tail confifts of fixteen feathers, the 
two centre ones extending from three to five inches beyond 
the others ; feet fmall ; hind toes placed on the infide of the 
legs ; claws fmall ; webs very thin, the edges are finely fer- 
rated. The male is furnifhed with a labyrinth. 
Thefe birds do not breed with us, but quit our fhores early 
in the fpring, and retire northward ; they are found in im^ 
menfe numbers in Hudfon's Bay, Iceland, and on the coafls 
of Ruflia and Siberia, during the fummer feafon ; and they re- 
appear in this country with the mallard, about the end of 
September 
