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BIRDS. ANSERES. 31- Anas. 
CTOun to the nn,pe a black flrcak ; head and neck inclining to 
rufous ; legs yellow. 
Female beneath whitilh ; wings with a white fpot ; legs black. 
C!*i- Grey ; eyeh|:ows w’hite ; chin and throat dirty-vyhite ; 
wing-fpot green-blue, edged wdih black. ^ 
SuperciU'ous Duck. 
Inhsiais.s New Zealand; 2 1 inches long, 
Fill plumbeous, tipt with black ; band beneath the eyes white ; 
legs dulky-afli. ^ 
Black ; middle tail-feathers (of the male) recurvate chin 
with an oval white fpot ; bill hooked. 
Curve-billed Duck, 
Inhabits the. Netherlands ; larger than A. bofehas. 
Irids tawny; head, neck and rump greeniih-black ; 5 outer 
quill-feathers white ; chin white ; wing-fpot deep Ihining blue. 
Cinereous ; middle tail-feathers (of the male) recurvate.; 
bill ftraight ; collar white. Mallard. W^iidDuci. 
2* Varies in its colours by domeltication. Tame Duck. 
3- Back footy ; much larger. 
4- Size of 3 ; body tinged with grey. 
S' Back black fpotted w'ith yellowilh ; fize of 3. 
Bill hooked. 
Inhabits Europe, Afia and America, about flagnant \ntexs-, 
23 inches long ; feeds on frogs, fnails and almofl any filthy 
fubllance; builds foinetimes near waters, foraetimes in tics®, 
lays 10 — ^16 blueidr-white eggs. 
Bill greenilh-yellow ; head and neck glolTy-green ; fcapu.ars 
white with waved brown lines ; back brown ; vent black- 
green; breafl chelnaf, belly grey; wing-fpot violet-green, 
edged above with a black and a wliite line ; 2 middle tail- 
feathers dark-green, recurvate. 
Female reddilh-brown fpotted with black. 
Pendent creft and hind-part of the back each fide w'ith a 
recurved, compreflTed, elevated feather. Chinese Duel. 
Inhabits China and Japan : fomelhing lefs than A. penelope. ^ 
Bill red ; irids chefnut ; crefi green and red ; legs tawny ; 
back brown, finning with bjuc-green ; wing-fpot blue-green, 
the lower edge white ; wings brpwn ; belly white ; tail pomte , 
brown, edged with blue-green ; legs tawny, , 
Female with 2 black {breaks on the wings ; brealt with round 
brown fpots. 
U u 3 Sponfa. 
