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die down with which her neft is lined is fupplled 
from the bofom of the drake : and if this fhould 
likewife be pkindered, the male and female both 
relinquifh the place forever. 
The down with which the nefts of thefe fowls 
are lined is feparated from the adhering mofs and 
dufl: by the natives; and though the climate which 
they inhabit requires extraordinary warm cloathing, 
their neceffities oblige them to excliange this com- 
modity with the indolent and luxurious inhabitants 
of the fouth for brandy and tobacco. 
Duck, Velvet; tlie anas fufca of Linnjeus. 
The male of this fpecies is larger than the common 
Duck. The bill is broad and Ihort, yellow on the 
fidesj and black in the middle; and the hook is 
red. The head and part of the neck are black 
tinged with green ; behind each ear there is a white 
Ipotj and in each wing a white feather. The reft 
of the plumage is a fine black, and of the foft and 
delicate appearance of velvet; the legs and feet are 
red; and the webs are black. The female is en- 
tirely of a deep brown colour, the marks behind 
each ear and on the tail excepted ; and the bill is 
deftitute of the protuberance at the bafe which 
Linnaeus makes the charafteriftic of the male. 
This Duck is common to the coafts of Noi-way ; 
but fcldom makes it's appearance in Great Britain 
except in very fevere winters. 
Duck, Scoter ; the anas nigra of Linnfeus. 
This fpecies weighs about two pounds and nine 
ounces; it's length is twenty-two inches; and the 
expanfion of it's wings is thirty-four inches. The 
middle of the bill is of a fine yellow colour, but 
the reft of it is black. Both the male and female 
are deftitute of the hook at the extremity; but on 
the bafe of the bill of the former there is a large 
knob, divided by a fiffure in the middle. The tail 
confifts of fixteen fharp-pointed feathers, the mid- 
dlemoft of which are the longeft. The whole plu- 
mage is black, except that of the head and neck, 
which is glofled over with purple; and the legs are 
black. 
This bird, the macreufe of the French, is al- 
lowed by the Romiih church to be fed on during 
Lent; but for what particular reafon it enjoys this 
diftinguifhed honour, perhaps all the doctors of the 
Sorbonne are at a lofs to determine. It lives al- 
moft conftantly at fea, is a great diver, and is taken 
in nets placed under the water. 
Duck, Tufted ; the anas fuligula of Linn^us. 
This fpecies does not weigh more than two 
pounds ; and it's length is about fifteen inches and 
a half. The bill is of a blueifti grey colour, ex- 
cept the hook, which is black; the head is adorned 
with a fhort, thick, pendent creft; the belly and 
under- coverts of the wings are pure white; but the 
reft of the plumage is black, varied about the head 
with purple. The tail, which confifts of fourteen 
feathers, is fhort; the legs are a blueifli grey; and 
the webs are black. The female has no creft. 
When young, flie is of a deep brown colour; and 
the fides of her head next the bill are a pale yel- 
low; but, in other refpe£ls, Ihe exa£lly refembles 
the Duck in maturity. 
. Duck, Scaup; the anas marila of Linnfeus. 
This bird is fmaller than the common Duck. The 
bill is broad, flat, and of a greenifn blue colour; 
the head and neck are black glofted with green ; 
the breaft is black; the back, the coverts of the 
Vi/ings, and the fcapulars, are beautifully m.arked 
v;ith numerous narrow tranfverfe black and grey 
bars; the greater quill-feathers are dufKy, the 
lefter being white tipped with black. The belly la 
white; the tail and feathers, both above and below,' 
are black ; the thighs are barred v.'ith dufky and 
white ftrokes ; and the legs are dulky. Willughby 
fuppofes that thefe Ducks derive their name from 
feeding on Scaup, or broken Ihell-fifii. Their co- 
lours are fo exceedingly various, that, in a large 
flock, hardly two of them are to be found alike. 
Duck, Golden-Eye ; the anas clangula of Lin- 
naeus. The length of this ipecies is nineteen 
inches, and the breadth thirty-one ; the weight be- 
ing about two pounds. The bill is black, fhort, 
and broad at the bafe; the head is large, and of a 
deep black hue glofTed with green; and at each 
angle of the mouth there is a large white fpot. 
The irides are a bright yellov/ ; the fuperior part of 
the neck is of the fame colour with that of the 
head ; the breaft and belly are white ; and the fca- 
pulars are black and wliite. The tail, the back, 
and the coverts on the ridges of the wines, are 
black; the firft fourteen quill-feathers, and the 
four laft, are black; the feven middlemoft are 
white, as well as the coverts im.mediately above 
them; and the legs are orange-coloured. The head 
of the female is a deep brown tinged with red; the 
neck is grey; the breaft and belly are wliite; the 
coverts and fcapulars are dufky and cinereous; the 
middle quill-feathers are vv-hite; the rem.ainder, to- 
gether with the tail, are black; and the legs are 
dufKy. 
Thefe Ducks, which frequent both fait and frefh 
waters, are, during the winter feafon, frequently- 
caught in the Shropfhire meres. 
Duck, Burrough, or Shieldrake; the anas 
tadorna of Linnsus. The male of this elegant 
fpecies meafures two feet in length; the expanfion 
of the wings is three feet and a half; and the weight 
is two pounds and a half. The bill is of a bright 
red colour, fwelling at the bafe into a knob, which 
appears moft confpicuous in the fpring; the head 
and upper part of the neck are a fine blackifii 
green ; the lower part of the neck is white; and the 
breaft" and fuperior part of the back are furrounded 
with a broad band of bright orange bay. The co- 
verts of the wings and the middle of the back are 
white; the neareft fcapulars are black, the others, 
being white; the greater quill-feathers are black, 
the exterior webs of the next being a vivid green, 
and thofe of tlie three fucceeding an orange. The- 
coverts of the tail, as well as the tail itfelf, are 
white, except that the two outermoft feathers of 
t!ie latter are tipped with black. The belly is 
v/hite, and longitudinally divided by a black linej 
and the legs are of a pale flefh-colour. 
Thefe fowls, v/hich frequent the fea-coafts, breed 
in rabbit-holes, after having difpofTefTed the inha- 
bitants. When any attempt is made to feize their, 
young, the old Ducks fhew great addrefs in divert- 
ing the attention of the fowler from his purpofer 
they I'kim along the ground as if in a wounded 
condition, till fuchtime as their brood have got into 
places of fecurity ; after which they return and col- 
left them together. This inftinftive cunning fur- 
nifhed Turner with a plaufible reafon for conjec- 
turing that the Shieldrake is the chenalopex or fox- 
goofe of antiquity; and it is certain that the natives 
of the Orkneys give this fpecies the appellation of 
the fly-goofe, from an attribute of that quadruped. 
Thefe fowls, wliich lay fifteen or fixteen. whit-: 
ifh eggs of a rounded fhape, aflociate together in 
large flocks during the v/inter feafon. Their flcfh 
is extremely rank and difagreeable. 
Duck, 
