LOKG-TAILED DUCK. 
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‘le or leaden colour; the pluniag-e of the head and half 
the neck is thick, long, and velvety, projecting greatly 
the loiver part of tlie neck ; this pluinag-e on the 
'"‘eliead and nape is rich glossy green, changing into 
j^^liining purple on the crown and .sides of the neck; 
toin the eyes backward passes a broad band of pure 
'j'dte ; iris of the eye, dark ; back, wings, and part of 
1 6 scapulars, black ; rest of the scapulars, lateral band 
■tloilg the wing', and whole breast, sno>\y white; belly% 
'^®'>t, and tail-coverts, dusky white ; tail, ])ointed, and 
* ft hoary colour. 
The female is considerably less than the male, and 
^fttirely destitute of the tumid plumage of tlie liead; 
* '0 head, neck, and upper parts of the body, and wings, 
sooty black, darkest on the crown ; side of the 
®ftd marked with a small oblong spot of n liite ; bill. 
I "sky; lower pari of the neck, ash, tipt with white; 
^lly, dull white; vent, cinereous; outer edges of six 
the secondaries and their incumbent coverts, white, 
j'tfept the ti|)s of the latter, which are black; legs aud 
a livid blue; tail, hoary brown; length of the 
"destines three feet six inches ; stomach tilled with 
*"ftll shell fish. This is the sjiirit duck of Pennant, so 
^llcd from its dexterity in diving, (^Arctic Zoology, 
. '*• 487.) likewise the little brown duck of Catesby 
''^'ati/rnl History of Carolina, pi. 98.) 
;,This species is said to come into Hudson’s Bay, about 
j "Veru River, in June, and make their nests in trees 
the u'oods near ))onds.* The young males, during 
I * first year, are almost exactly like the females in 
"lour. 
281. AKAS Or.ACIALIS, UNNAtHS AND WILSON. 
LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
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*'SON, pi„ LXX. FlC. I. MALE. EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM. 
-Tills duck is very generally known along the shores 
^lie Chesapeake Bay, by the name of south-southerly. 
* Laiham. 
