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ANAS TADORNA. 
SHIELDRAKE, 
Bill knobbed at the base, front com- 
pressed ; head green-black ; body varie- 
gated with white. 
Anas Tadorna, Linn. Gme. 
Le Tadorne, Buffon. 
Shieldrake, Lath. Mont. Pen. Bew. 
PROVINCIAL. 
BARGANDER, ST. GEORGE'S DUCK, 
BURROW DUCK, PIRENET, SLY- 
GOOSE, SHELDRAKE, SKEL- 
DRAKE, SKEEL GOOSE, OR 
SKEEL DUCK, SKEELING GOOSE. 
This elegant bird (the Fox-Goose of 
the ancients) is one of the very few spe- 
cies of Dncks indigenous to these kingdoms. 
It measures about two feet in length, and 
three feet six inches in the expansion of its 
wings. 
