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ANAS PENELOPE. 
WIGEON. 
Tail a little pointed ; vent black ; head 
brown : front white ; back cinereous waved. 
Anas Penelope, Linn. Gme. 
Le Canard Ciffleur, Buffon 
Wigeon, Pen. Lath. Bew. Mont, 
PROVINCIAL* 
WHEWER,PANDLE-WHEW ? WHIM, 
YELLO W-POLE, WIGEON POKER, 
WHISTLING DUCK. 
The Male of this elegant species mea- 
sures nearly twenty inches in length, and 
two feet three inches in breadth. 
The Female does not measure more than 
seventeen inches in length and its alar ex- 
tent is in proportion. 
The Wigeon breeds in the North East 
parts of Europe ; and lays eight or nine 
eggs of a dirty green ash colour. The 
young males resemble more or les6 their 
female parent. 
