PINTAIL DUCK. 
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**'Wshy shores of some of the bays of Lake Ontario they 
^’'6 often plenty in the months of October and Novi'mher. 
^ nave also met ivith them at Louisville, on the Ohio. 
Tile pintail duck is twenty-six inches in length, and 
"’0 feet ten inches in extent ; the bill, is a dusky lead 
^lour; irides, dark hazel ; head and half of the neck. 
Pale brown, each side of the neck marked with a baud of 
Pnrple violet, bordering the white ; hind part of the upper 
'alt of the neck, black, bordered on each side by a stripe 
W hite, which sjireads over the lower part of the neck 
N'ore ; sides of the breast and uiiper part of the back, 
'''nite, thickly and elegantly marked ivith transverse 
.'ndulatiug lines of black, here and there tinged with pale 
“aff; throat and middle of the bcUy, while, tinged with 
Hanks, linely penciled with waving lines; vent, 
}‘'**ite ; under tail-coverts, black ; lesser wing-coverts, 
“''Owu iish ; greater, the same, tipt with orange ; below 
''llicli is the speculum, or beauty spot, of rich golden 
^'■'-‘en, bordered below with a baud of black, and another 
'^"'hite ; primaries, dusky brown ; tertials, long, black, 
'“ged with white, and tinged with rust; rump and 
'‘d-coverts, pale iish, centred with dark brown ; tail, 
^*'«ally pointed, the two middle tapering feathers being 
live inches longer than the others, and black, the 
brown ash, edged with white; legs, a pale lead 
^^lour. 
The female has the crown of a dark brown colour ; 
of a dull brownish white, thickly speckled with 
r'^rk brow'll ; breast and belly, pale brownish ivhite, 
®terspersed with wdiite ; back, and root of the neck 
'J'ovel bhick, each feather elegantly waved with broad 
**ics of brownish white, these wavings become rufous 
'*1 the scapulars ; vent, white, spotted with dark brown ; 
j dark brown, spotted ivith white ; the tw'o middle 
d'd-feathers half an inch longer thau the others, 
j t^he sprigtall is an elegantly formed, long bodied 
the neck longer and more slender than most 
others. 
