THE 
SUMMER DUCK. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill broad and flattened ; the edges marked 
with sharp lamella. 
Tongue broad, and ciliated at the edges. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Duck with pendent variegated crest, chesnut 
breast spotted v/ith white, and side-feathers 
lanulated with black and white. 
, The Summer Duck of Catesby. 
Edw. pL 101. 
This most beautiful species is an inhabitant of many 
parts both of North and South America, migrating, 
according to the diversity of seasons, from one region 
to another. It is also found in some of the West In- 
dian islands. The female is smaller, of a brown 
colour, and without any of that gaiety of plumage 
which so elegantly distinguishes the male. 
