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ANAS Discons. 
with rice, and by the common contrivance callf^.jl 
figure four, they are caujfht alive in hollow traps. , 
the month ot April they pass through Pennsylvania^*^ 
the north, Imt make little stay at that season. I 1*®' 
obsfti ved fht*m luinierous on the iEludsoii opposi^® ^ 
the Katskill Mountains. They rai’oly visit the ^ 
shore. 
This species measures about fourteen inches in lenlf'?' 
and twenty -two inches in extent ; the hill is loUll ! 
proportion, and ot a dark dnskv slate ; the front a® [ 
upper part of the head, are black, from the eye to <>', i 
chin is a large crescent of white, the rest of the ' 
and half the neck are of a dark slate, richly glossed 
g:rccu and violet, remainder of the neck and bt''®’, 
IS hlaclc or dusky, thickly marked with semicireP' 
brownish white, cleg^antly intersecting' each otb*'*^! 
belly, pale brown, barred with dusky, in narrow I'^fJ 
sides and vent, the same tint, sjiotted with oval 
of dusky; flanks elegantly waved with large semicir‘'.|. 
of pale bron'o ; sides ot the vent jnire white ; under 1®®, 
coverts, black ; back, deep brownish black, each fe#*^^ 
waved with large semiovals of brownish white ; 
wing-coverts, a bright light blue; primaries, <1>‘ , 
brown ; secondaries, black ; speculum, or beauty ®1’''; 
rich green; tcrtials, edged with black or light blue, 
streaked down their middle with white ; the tail, nb'*. 
is pointed, extends two inches beyond the n ings ; 
and feet, yellow, the latter very small ; the two crese®‘' ' 
of vyliite, before the eyes, meet on the throat. | 
The female ditfers in having the head and neck ® , 
slate, instead of the rich violet of the ni’*’J 
the hindhead is also whitish. The waviugs on the 
pd lower parts more indistiuct; wiuff nearly the 
111 both. ® 
