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naeus. This bird, which appears to be the moril- 
lon of Belonius, has a yellowifh brown bill, golden- 
coloured irides, and a dufky, ruft-coloured head. 
Round the upper part of the neck there is a collar 
of white, and beneath it another of grey. The 
back and the coverts are dufl<:y, excepting a few 
white lines; the great coverts are alio dulky, vv'ith 
fome large white fpots; the primaries are black; 
and the fecondaries are white. The breaft and 
belly are wliite; the tail is duHcy; the fides above 
the thighs are black; and the legs are yellow. 
Duck, Grey-Headed, of Edwards; the anas 
fpeftabilis of Linnjeus. This fpecies has a red- 
coloured bill, which extends into the forehead on 
each fide, in the form of a broad, flatttifli bean. 
The feathers at the root of the upper mandible are 
black, and run into the bafe of the bill with three 
angles; the eyes are furrounded with black fea- 
thers, which tei-minate in a point backwards; the 
top, and hind-part of the head, are of a light blue- 
ifh afh-colour; the fides of the head beneath the 
eyes are a light green; and a line of black fpots 
runs from the eyes down the fides of the head, and 
divides the afh-colour from the green. The neck 
snd brcaft arc white; the back is a dark brown, or 
black, with a purplifli glofs; the greater quills of 
the wings and the tail are a dark brown ; the tips 
of the middle quills form a white bar acrofs the 
wings ; the lefler covert-feathers of the wings are 
brown, but in the middle of the coverts in each 
wing, there is a pSl^t of v/hite. The bread gradu- 
ally lol'es it's whitenefs in the belly, which is wholly 
black; the covert-feathers of the tail, both above 
and beneath, are a bright fhining black; on each 
fide of the tail there is a large round white fpot; 
and the legs and feet are a dirty red. This bird 
is a native of Hudfon's Bay. 
Duck, Little Brown and White; the anas 
minuta of Linnaeus. This Duck is about the fize 
of the teal, and refembles it pretty much with re- 
fpefl to lhape. The bill is black, ferrated on the 
edges, and a little hooked at the point of the up- 
per chap; the feathers round the bafe, on the up- 
per part, are v/hite; and the bill itfelf has two 
angles, which point towards the forehead on each 
fide. A line of duflcy white feathers runs between 
the bill and the eye, and divides the white into 
fpots both above and below the line ; a white fpot 
alfo appears behind each eye; but the remainder 
of the head, the neck, and the beginning of the 
breaft, are brown. The back, wings, and tail, are 
a darkifh brown, but the covert-feathers of the 
wings are brighteft. The breaft, from being brown, 
gradually becomes white tranfverfely mottled with 
light brovv'n as far as the thighs ; the thigiis and 
lower belly are a lighter and darker brown tranf- 
verfely mixed in broken lines; and the legs and 
feet are duflcy, with a rcddifh caft before. This 
fowl, which was firft defcribed by Edwards, is alfo 
a native of Fludfon's Bay. 
Duck, Whistling, of Jamaica; the anas ar- 
borea of Linnsus. This fpecies is nearly two 
feet in length from the tip of the bill to the extre- 
mity of the tail. It makes a kind of whittling 
noife on every occafion; but, what is moft extra- 
ordinary in birds of this genus, it builds it's neft 
in trees. The bill, which refembles that of the 
common Duck, is peftinated at the edges, hooked 
at the point, and of a dufl<y colour. The fides of 
the head are brown ; but on the top, which is black, 
the feathers are very long, and point backwards in 
the fhape of a creil. The hinder part of the neck 
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is dufky; but the under fides of the head, neck, 
and throat, are white. The neck is variegated 
with fmall black fpots ; and the back and upper 
fides of the wings are brown. The greater quill- 
feathers are a dark brown ; the coverts of the wings 
have black fpots in their middles; the tail, the 
rump, and the fuperior coverts of the tail, are 
black ; the breaft is a bright reddifh brown, fpotted 
with black ; and the belly is white, with an admix- 
ture of black on the fides and a fliort v/ay down 
the middle. The legs are longer than is ufual in 
fowls of the Duck kind, and entirely bare a little 
above the knee. The three foremoft toes are web- 
bed ; and there is likewife a lateral web on the fide 
of the inner toe. The legs and feet are covered 
with lead-coloured fcales; and the back toe is 
placed fo very high as fcarcely to touch the ground. 
This Duck is very common in Jamaica. 
Duck, Whistling, Red-Billed ; the anas au- 
tumnalis of Linnasus. This fowl is fomewhat 
fmaller than the common Duck, and the neck and 
legs are longer in proportion : the bill is alfo fhaped 
like that of the common Duck, of an agreeable 
red colour, yellowifli about the noftTils, and black 
at the point; the irides are a dark hazel; and the 
fides of the head round the eyes, and on the throat, 
are a light cinereous. The crov/n and hinder part 
of the head are blackilh; and the neck, breaft, and 
back, are of a brick colour. The greater quills of 
the v/ings are black, as well as thoie of the baftard 
wings which cover their bottoms; the inner quills 
which fall on the rump are a dark brick ; and the 
firft and fecond rows of coverts next above the 
quills are white. Immediately above the white 
there is a bright orange plat; the fmall feathers on 
the ridges and joints of the wings, as well as the 
v/hole belly, tail, and thighs, are black; the rump 
and the coverts on tlie upper fide of the tail are alfo 
black; and the legs and feet are of a flefliy hue, 
with black claws. This fpecies is a native of the 
Weft Indies. 
Duck, White-Bellied, of Jamaica. This 
fpecies is about twenty inches long from the tip of 
the bill to the extremity of the tail; and the expan- 
fion of the wings is about thirty inches. The bill 
is black, and nearly two inches in length j and the 
tail is three inches. The feathers on the head are 
mottled with light and dark brown; and the upper 
part of the neck, the fides under the wings, and 
part of the belly, are covered with brown feathers 
crofTed with whitifh lines. The back is fomewhat 
iriore dufl<y than the reft of the body ; the tail and 
vv'ings are a light brown; but fome of the fhorter 
prime-feathers are painted with green, orange, and 
white. The breaft, and part of the belly, are 
white; and the legs and feet are a greenifti brown. 
Duck, Barbary, or Guinea Duck. This 
bird is larger than the common Duck, but fmaller 
than the goofe; and the male is larger than the fe- 
male. The bill is fhort, broad, and crooked at 
the end J there is a creft, or red tubercle, between 
the eyes, as large as a cherry; and a flcin furrounds 
them which has the appearance of red leather. 
The flefli has the flavour both of the goofe and 
the Duck. The colour of thefe fowls frequently 
varies; fome being white, others black, and fome 
of difl^erent hues : they are, however, generally black, 
varieo-ated with other tints. 
Duck, Great Black; the anas perfpicillata of 
Linnseus. This bird, which is a native of Hud- 
fon's Bay, is confiderably larger than the common 
Duck. The bill is horizontally coir.prefiled to- 
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