124 BIRDS. PALMIPIDES. Anas. 
to 18, bluish-white. — Young males like the female, — This species has suffered 
much from the operations of agriculture, many of its haunts and breeding 
places having been drained. It is the stock from which the domestic duck 
has sprung. 
188. A. strepei'a. Gad wall. — Bill black; feet orange. Wing- 
spot white. 
A. platyrhynchos rostro nigro. Will Orn. 287 — A. strep. Linn. Syst. i* 
200. Penn. Brit. Zool. ii. 603. Temm. Orn. ii. 837* — (Trachea, Linn. 
Trans, iv. tab. xiii. f. 7, 8.) — Gray, Hodge. — A rare winter visi- 
tant. 
Length 19, breadth 33 inches. Bill 2 inches long. Irides brown. Head 
and neck grey, with brown spots ; breast and back rayed with black and white 
lines. Lesser wing-covers chesnut ; greater covers, rump, and both covers 
of the tail, black. Belly white. Greater quills dusky ; three of the secon- 
daries with the inner web white. Tail short, of 16 pointed feathers, grey, 
with a tinge of red, and pointed with white. Female reddish-brown, spotted 
with black, the rump and tail-covers grey. — This species is so rare in Eng- 
land (though common in other countries of Europe in the same latitude), that 
Montagu was never able to procure a recent species for examination. 
189. A. acuta. Cracker. — Bill blue, feet dusky. Wing- 
spot purple. The two middle tail-feathers produced. 
A. caudacuta. Will. Orn. 289 — A. acuta, Linn. Syst. i. 202. Penn. Brit. 
Zool. ii. 598. Temm. Orn. ii. 839 — (Trachea, Linn. Trans, iv. tab. xiii. 
£ 6.). — 5, Sea Pheasant, Pintail, Winter Duck — IF, Hwyad gynffon- 
fain Frequently taken in decoys on the English coast Hare in 
Scotland. 
Length 28, breadth 38 inches ; weight 24 ounces. Bill inclining to black 
in the middle. Irides brown. Head, cheeks, and throat brown, glossed with 
purple. A black stripe on the hind neck, bordered with white, the latter co- 
lour meeting with the white of the breast and belly. Back waved with black 
and grey. Scapulars nearly black. Quills dusky brown ; secondaries pur- 
plish-green, black near the end, and tipped with white. Tail of 16 pointed 
feathers, grey, edged with white ; the two middle ones black. Female less ; 
head and neck brown, with dusky spots ; beneath yellowish-brown and spot- 
ted. Young males like the female. Hetires to the Arctic Hegions in sum- 
mer. — Easily domesticated, and breeds in confinement. 
190. A. Penelope. Wigeon. — Bill and feet blue. Wing- 
spot black, green in the middle. 
Penelope, Will. Orn. 288 — A. Penelope, Linn. Syst. i. 202. Penn. Brit. 
Zool. ii. 601. Temm. Orn. ii. 840. (Trachea, Linn. Trans, iv. tab. xiii. 
£9.) E.) AFhewer, Pandle-whew, Yellow Pole. — *9, Ateal; IF, Chwiw. 
— A regular -winter visitant. 
Length 20, breadth 35 inches ; weight 24 ounces. The nail of the biU is 
black. The hind-toe has a narrow web. Irides brown, vermiform appen- 
dages, nearly 9 inches in len^h, and having their origin nearly 4 inches from 
the cloaca. Crown yellowish-white ; head and neck chesnut, the front with 
black spots ; breast vinaceous ; belly white ; back and sides waved black and 
white ; wing-covers white, the greater covers with black ends. Quills dusky, 
secondaries green, ending with black. Tail of 14 pointed dusky feathers ; under 
tail-covers black. Female., with the head and neck brown, spotted with black ; 
back and belly much tinged with brown ; the wing-spots grey. The young 
resemble the female. In aged males the yellow on the crown becomes more 
extended This species frequents inlets of the sea, and likewise visits the 
neighbouring fresh-water lakes. The figure given by Pennant of the “ Fer- 
