[ 4 i 3 J 
VTT f Anseres. 
V * 1 Webbed-footed. Faun. Am. Sept. 
zp. Anas, J44. Marila. 196.8. Scaup Duck. Biv 
Duck,\Zool. Faun. Am. Sept. 17. 
Severn River, N° 44 and 45. Fifhing Ducks. 
Linneus’s defcription, and the figure in the Br. 
Zoology, folio, plate p. 153, agree per- 
fectly well with the fpecimens. The female, 
as Linneus obferves, is quite brown, the bread; 
and upper part of the back being of a glofiy 
reddifh brown ; the fpeculum of the wing 
and the belly are white. The eyes of the 
male have very bright yellow- irides j thofq 
of the female are of a faint dirty yellow. 
The female is two ounces heavier than the 
male, which weighs one pound and an half, 
is 16 i inches long, and 20 inches broad. 
Anas. 45. Nivalis. SnowGoofe. Faun. Am. Sept, 
p. 16. Lawfon’s Carolina. Anfer niveus BritT. , 
VI. 288. Klein. Anfer nivis. Schwenkfeld, Mar- 
figli. Danub. p. 802. t. 49, 
Severn River, N° 40, and a young one, N° 41 . white. 
Goofe. 
Thefe white geefe are very numerous at Hud- 
fon’s Bay, many thoufands being annually, 
killed with the gun, for the ufe of the fet- 
tlements.. They are ufually fhot whilfi; om 
the wing, the Indians being very expert at 
that exercife, which they learn from their 
youth j they weigh five or fix pounds, are 
2 § feet: 
