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ANAS HISTRIONICA. 
282 . ANAS GLACIALISf LINNJKUS AXD WILSOX. 
FEMAtJC LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
WILSON, PLATE LXX. FIG. II. LDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEC^' 
The female is distiniyiiished from the male by xv^anti'^r 
the lengthened tertiuls, and the two long pointed feathei^ 
of the tail, and also by her size, and the rest of h^** 
plumage, n hieli is as follows ; length, sixteen ini'ln’S' 
extent, twenty-eight inches ; hill, dusky; middle of 
crown, and spot on the side of the neck, blackish ; * 
narrow dusky line runs along the throat for two inched' 
rest of the head, and upper half of the neck, n hit* 
lower half, pale x iiiaceous hay, blended with white ; 
the rest of the lower parts of the body, pure whit*.' 
hack, scapulars, and lesser wing-cox'crts, bright ferrU-’' 
iioiLS, centred with black, and interspersed with xvhitisl’J 
shoulders of the xving, and quills, black ; lower part 
the back, the same, tinged u ith brown ; tail, pale bro"’' 
ash, inner vanes of all but the tiro middle feathet^ 
white ; legs .and feet, dusky slate. The legs are pl.'Cr 
far behind, which circumstance points ouf the spec'*! 
to be great divere. In some females, the upper pt^** 
are less ferruginous. , 
Some u riters suppose the singular voice, or call> * 
this species, to he occiisioned by the remarkable ce* 
struction of its windpipe ; but the fact, that the fenia'f^ 
are uniformly the most noisy, and yet are entire 
destitute of the singrularities of this couformati*''' 
overthrows the probability of this supposition. 
283 . ANAS HISTRIONICA, LINNAEUS AND WILSON. 
HARLEQUIN DUCK. 
WILSON, PLATE LXII. FIG. IT. EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSn'^' 
This species is very rare on the coasts of the Mi^*^ ^ 
and Southern States, though not unfrequently 
off those of New England, xvhere it is known by ^ , 
dignified title of the lord, probably from the cU#” 
