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in the Edinburgh markets*; hut since the importa- 
tion of wild fowl from the Continent, these could 
not be depended on as procured in Britain. 
In North America it is found along the whole of 
the Atlantic coast from Eastport in Maine to Texas, 
and is supposed to breed in the latter country. 
The migration also extends to the fur countries.'* 
It is mentioned by Colonel Sykes among the birds 
of the Deccan, and by Mr. Jerdon, as by no means 
rare on the peninsula, but found only in the cold 
season. 
Head and neck yellowish brown, thickly mottled 
over with brownish black, and on. the crown and 
back of the head glossed with green ; lower parts of 
the neck and breast black, each feather having a 
series of crescented white lines, on the lower parts 
becoming gradually broader, so that there they ap- 
pear spotted, before shading into the greyish white 
which covers the centre of the belly. The same 
white wavings are continued a short way down the 
upper part of the back, but the centre of the back in 
our specimens is brownish black, the feathers broadly 
crlgcd with yellowish brown, and intermixed with 
feathers nearly black with white wavy bases similar 
to thoso of the teal ; the scapulars are of the same 
colours, the outer webs waved with black and 
white ; the rump, upper and under tail-covers, and 
sides of the tail, black, tinted with green, and when 
the tail is closed the latter almost conceal it ; the 
tail itself is liair-brown edged with yellowish white ; 
* Aud. vol. iv. 
