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^ ANAS ACUTA. 
PINTAIL DUCK. 
Tail pointed, long, beneath black ; hind- 
head each side with a white line ; back 
cinereous wayed. 
Anas Acuta, Lin. Gme. 
Le Pilet, ou Canard a Longue Queue, 
Buffon. 
Pintail, Pen. Lath. Bew. Mont. 
PROVINCIAL. 
SEA PHEASANT, CRACKER, WIN- 
TER DUCK, CALOO OR COAL 
AND CANDLE LIGHT, 
The length of the male of this species 
is about twenty eight inches, and the alar 
extent thirty eight. 
The female is considerably less than the 
other sex. She differs as much in plumage 
