BIRDS; ANSERES. 31. Anas; 
ORDER III. ANSERES. 
Bill fomezohat obtufe^ covered with d frf. 
gibbous at the b'dje ; mouth tootld^,. 
tongue jlejhy : feet palmatei, JorniedJ 
Jwiming. 
31. ANAS. Bill convex, obtufe, the ed^^ 
divided into lamellate teeth : toW^^ 
fringed, obtufe : 3 fore-^o^j conneft^ ' 
the hind-one folitary* 
A. Bill gibbous at the bafe. 
*Cygiius. Bill femicylindric, black : cere ycliovr : body 
fFild is 
Inliabits Europe, AJia and America : about 5 feet ’.j|ii 
gregarious, and noily in its flight ; runs fwiftly, Ivvii"* 
its neck creft; lays 4 eggs. 
Eyelids mkod, yellow; black ; ribs 11. 
*Olor, 
Bill femicylindric, black : cere black ; body white. f, 
Inhabits Europe and AJia, and is tamed alinofl; every '''.Ji 
fwiins witli its neck curved ; is mute, robuft, long-*' 
feeds on fi!h and grafs ; builds in high gra s near lake*’ jjj 
lays every other day ; eggs 6 — 8 ; carries the young 
back when alarmed ; flelh when young was formerly b* ^ 
eflecm, 
Bill red at the bafe ; ribs 12. 
PtigricoUis. Bill femicylindric, red: head and neck black : body 
legs fleflt-colour. Black^necked 
Inhabits Falkland Ifiands : fire of A. cygnus. 
Black : wings edged with white : bill red. Black 
Inhabits Botany Bay. Nat. Mifcel.f. 108. . 
Upper mandible blackilh at the tip, a yellow fpot near the 
legs black, feet paler, 
Atrata, 
