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BIRDS. PALMIPIDES. 
Tadorka. 
Quills dusky. Tail of 14 feathers, dusky. Female^ with the head, neck, and 
breast brown, mixed with white round the eyes and throat. Ymmg like the 
female. The black colour on the breast of the young males does not make 
its appearance during the first year. 
183. N. Marila. Scaup. Bill blue ; legs grey. Irides yel- 
low. Wing-spot white. 
The Scaup Duck, Will. Orn. 279. — Anas marila, Linn. Syst. i.' 196 — 
Penn, Brit. Zool. ii. 586. Temm. Orn. ii. 856. — (Trachea, Linn. 
Trans, iv. tab. xiv. f. 3, 4.) — A;, Spoonbill Duck ; IF, Llygad arian. — 
A winter visitant of the sea-coast and lakes. 
Length 17 inches ; weight 25 ounces. Head, neck, upper part of the back, 
rump, vent, and breast black, the two former with a green gloss ; back, wing- 
covers, and sides, white, variegated with black. Belly white. Quills dusky, 
the secondaries white, tipped with black, tail pointed, of 16 feathers. Female.^ 
having the black replaced by brown, with a broad white band round the base 
of the bill. In this state it is the Anasfrcenata of Sparman, and the White- 
faced Duck of Sowerby, Brit. Misc. Ixii. The young males resemble the fe- 
male, and have a few white feathers at the base of the bill. The young fe- 
males have little white or grey on the back. 
184. N. Fuligula. Tufted Duck. — Bill and legs blue. Iri- 
des yellow. Wing-spot white. 
Anas Fuligula, Will. Orn. 280. Linn. Syst. i. 207. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii, 
585. Temm. Orn. ii. 873. — A winter visitant of our sea-coasts and 
lakes. 
Length 17 inches ; weight 25 ounces. Nail of the bill black. Head, with 
a pendent crest. The head, neck, and upper parts of the body, black, with a 
green and violet gloss, the back with specks of grey ; belly white ; thighs 
and vent black. Quills dusky, the middle of the secondaries white. Tail 
cuneiform, of 14 feathers. Female with the plumage less distinctly marked. 
The young want the crest, and have the front white — In England its visits 
are regular ; but in Orkney and Zetland it only appears after severe, stormy 
weather. 
As a domesticated species, the Carina moschata., Anas mos. Linn. Syst.i. 199. 
(Trachea, Linn. Trans, iv. tab. xiv. f. 1, 2. tab. xvi. f.-5, 6.), or Musk Duck, here 
merits a place. It is a native of tropical countries, yet it thrives in Britain, 
lays many eggs, and its flesh is good. The drakes, however, are fierce, and 
often injure the other poultry. The musky smell is connected with the fea- 
thers only, and has given rise to the name. 
Gen. LXXXV. TADORNA. Sheldrake. — Bill broad at 
the end, hollow in the middle, and raised into a tubercle 
at the base. 
185. T. Vulpanser. Common Sheldrake. — Bill and legs 
red ; nail of the bill and nostrils black. 
T. Bellonii, Vulpanser quibusdam. Will. Orn. 278.— Skeeling-goose, Sibb. 
Scot. 21 Anas Tadorna, Linn. Syst. i, 195. — Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 589. 
Temm. ii. 833 (Trachea, Linn. Trans, iv. tab. xv. f. 8, 9.)— Bur- 
row Duck, Bargander, Pirennet ; S, Stockannet, Sly-goose. 
Length 2, breadth 3| feet ; weight 2| pounds. Head and neck dark 
glossy green. Lower part of the neck next to the breast, back, rump, and 
