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expanfion of the wings is three feet. The upper 
part of the head and neck areof a dark green colour j 
having two fmall white fpeckled hnes, one of which 
runs from the upper part of the bill over the eye 
towards the back part of the head, and the other 
from the bill towards the lower part of the eye, 
around which there is a circle of beautiful white 
feathers. The breaft, belly, and throat, are white, 
with fmall tranfverfe reddifh brown fpots interfer- 
ing them. The firfl: fix prime-feathers of the wings 
are white, the reft being a reddifh brown ; the firft 
row of the covert-feathers is blue tippeci with white, 
and the fecond brown with white tips ; the fcapular 
feathers of the wings, the fides, and the back, are a 
reddifh brown pov»'dtrred with white fpecks ; the 
tail is black, with white tips to tlie feathers, fome of 
which curl upwards as in the common drake j and 
the legs and feet are a fine orange. 
Duck, Muscovy ; the anas mofchata of natura- 
lifts. This fowl, which is the largeft of all the 
Duck kind, is termed the Mufcovy Duck, not on 
account of it's being a native of Mufcovy, but from 
it's ftrong mufky odour. The general colour, 
both of the male and female, is a purpllfli black 
variegated with white: the female, however, is 
fometimes wholly white. It's beak and feet are 
red; it has red flefhy protuberances about it's bill 
and eyes; it's voice is fo very hoa-rfe as to be 
fcarcely audible except when the bird is incenfedj 
and it's eggs are remarkably round. 
Duck, Bahama. This fowl is fmaller than 
the tame Duck. The head, near the upper jaw, 
is of a triangular fliape and gold colour; the infide 
of the bill and the lower part of the neck are white ; 
the hind part of the head, the breaft, and the belly, 
are a yellowifh afti ; the wings are brown ; but the 
middle is green furrounded with yellow; and the 
extremities are black. 
Duck, Summer, of Carolina ; the anas fponfa 
of Linnaeus. The bill of this bird is red in the 
middle, aad there is a black fpot at the extremity. 
The irides are yellow, with a purple circle ; and on 
each fide of the head there are two long feathers ap- 
parently divided into hairs of a blueifh green co- 
lour with a purplifh caft and a narrow white bor- 
der. The feathers on the head are of a violet hue; 
from each fide of the throat, which is white, run 
feveral bow- like ftreaks ; and the breaft is red fpot- 
ted with white. Near the fmall coverts of the 
wings there are broad black ftreaks which run 
acrofs the back; but the upper parts of the wings 
difplay a diverfity of colours. The tail is blue and ^ 
purple ; and the feet, which are brown, have a red- 
difh caft on their fore-parts. 
Duck, Tree, of Louisiana. This fpecics is 
fo denominated from it's perching on the boughs 
of trees. The plumage is fo very beautiful and 
variable, as fcarcely to be imitable by the moft 
fkilful painter; the head is adorned witli a fine tuft 
of remarkably vivid colours ; and the eyes pofi^efs 
a fiery rednefs. The feathers of this bird com- 
pofe fome of the moft valued ornaments of the 
natives. 
Duck, American, of Louisiana. The fea- 
thers of this Duck are almoft entirely white; and 
the fides of the head are covered with flefhy excref- 
cences more red than thofe of the turkey-cock. 
The flefh of this bird, while young, is excellent 
and well tafted ; but, when old, it poffeflfes a muflcy 
flavour. 
DuckeRj or Loon, Red-Throated. This 
fowl is abowt the fize of the tame Duck. The bill 
DUN 
is about three inches and a quarter in length, 
ftraight, narrow, fliarp-pointed, and black; the 
head and fides of the neck are blueifh a'fh-coloured; 
and the hind part of the neck is white, ftreaked 
with longitudinal black marks. The throat is 
red ; the back, the upper parts of the wings, and 
the tall, are darkly cinereous; the quill -feathers of 
the wings are almoft black, except feme of the 
ir.iddle ones, which are tipped with white ; the co- 
verts of the wings have white dafhes on each fide 
of their fhafts near their tips ; the interior covert- 
feathers of the wings are white ; the breaft, the belly, 
and the fides under the wings, are white; the fides 
of the breaft are diftinftly fpotted with longitudi-- 
nal black lines; and the coverts beneath the'tail are 
white marked with broad confufed duflcy fpots. 
The legs and feet are duHcy, or black ifh ; tlie toes 
are fomewhat reddifh, and webbed together, as in 
the Duck kind; the claws are broad and flat like 
humian nails; and the legs, which are placed near 
the extremity of the body, are very flat. 
This bird is a native of Greenland : but, during 
very fevere feafons, it vifits more fouthern climes; 
and has fometimes, tiiough rarely, been caught in 
!f.ngland. 
DUCK'S FOOT. A fpecies of bivalve ihell 
of the family of the efcallop. It is fometimes 
called the coral. 
DUN-BIRD. See Duck, Pochard. 
DUN DIVER, or SPARLING FOWL. 
This appellation is generally given to the female 
of the goofander. The head and upper part of the 
neck are iron-coloured ; the throat is white; the 
feathers on the hind part, which are long, form a 
pendent creft; the back, the coverts of the v/ings, 
and the tail, are deeply cinereous; the greater quill- 
feathers are black, the leffer being white; and the 
breaft and belly are white tinged v/ith yellow. The 
wings of both male and female are very fhort 
in proportion to the fize of their bodies ; neverthe- 
lefs, they fly very fwiftly along the furface of the 
water. See Goosander. 
DUNG-FISH. This fifli is broad and flat, 
about a fpan long, and the fame in breadth. The 
body is variegated with duflcy fpots ; the belly is 
blueifh ; the foremoft rays of the back-fin are fpiny, 
the pofterior ones being foft. The Dung-Fifh. 
is fo termed on account of it's delighting in the vi- 
cinities of privies, where it fearchcs for it's food, 
and is ufually taken. 
DUNG-HUNTER. This bird, which fre- 
quents the arcftic regions, is called by Marten ihs 
ftruntgager. The bill is blunt at the fore parr, 
thick, and fomewhat hooked; the legs are of a 
moderate length; and the claws, which are three» 
are united by a black fKln or membrane. The 
tail, which expands itfelf after the manner of a fan, 
has one feather that projefts farther tlian the reft, 
whereby this may be diftingulflied from ail other 
birds. The eyes, together with the top of the 
head, are black; and round riie neck there is a 
dark yellowifh ring or circle : the wings and the 
back are brown; and the belly is white. This 
creature grows to the fize of the common mew, and 
generally builds it's neft in an elevated fituation. 
It purfijes a certain bird, named kutgegehc-f, with- 
out intermifllon, till the fugitive voids it's ordure; 
on which, as well as the fat of whales, the Dung-- 
Hunter feeds. The flefh is rank and difaoreeable. 
DUNG-WORMS. A fpecies of fly -worms, 
having fliort flat bodies, commonly found aqnong 
cow-dung during the months of September and 
Oftober. 
