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ANATIN^. ANAS. 
primary quills g“rey, the latter dark brown toward the end ; speculum 
coppery-redj changing- to dull green, edged anteriorly with light 
brownish-red, posteriorly with white ; inner secondaries and scapu- 
lars black and green with broad grey margins ; upper tail-coverts 
cream-coloured, the outer webs blackish and green ; tail light grey, 
the middle feathers dark brown glossed with green ; on each side of 
the neck an oblique band of white, of which colour are the lower parts 
in general, but the sides undulated like the back, the lateral feathers 
of the rump cream-coloured, the lower tail-coverts black, and those 
at the sides edged with white. Female with the upper parts varie- 
gated with brownish-black and light yellowish-brown, the margins of 
the feathers, and a mark on each side of the shaft being of the latter 
colour ; the speculum dusky green, margined behind with white ; pri- 
mary quills greyish-brown ; lower parts light brownish -yellow, sides 
variegated with brown. 
Male, 29, 36. Female, 22|, 84. 
From Texas, throughout the interior, to the Columbia River, and 
along the Atlantic coast to Maine, during winter, and early spring. 
Breeds in the Arctic regions. Abundant. 
Pintail Duck, Anas acuta, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 72. 
Anas acuta, Bonap. Syn. p. 383. 
Anas caudacuta. Pintail Duck, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 441. 
Pintail or Winter Duck, Anas acuta, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 386. 
Pintail Duck, Anas acuta, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 214 ; v. v. p. 615. 
392. 7. Anas Sponsa, Linn. Wood Duck. — Summer Duck. 
Plate CCVI. Male and Female. 
Male with the feathers of the head and upper and hind part of neck 
elongated and incurved, inner secondaries very broad, tail much 
rounded, of sixteen feathers ; bill bright red at the base, yellow on 
the sides, ridge and unguis black ; feet greenish-yellow ; upper part 
of head and loral space deep green ; below the eye a patch of dark 
purple, behind it a larger pateh of the same colour ; sides of neck, its 
hind part under the crest, and the middle all round, very dark purple ; 
a narrow line along the base of the upper mandible and over the eye, 
meeting on the occiput, pure white, as are some of the feathers of the 
crest ; another from behind the eye meeting below the occiput, and 
including several of the lower elongated feathers throat pure white, 
with a process on each side a little beyond the eye, and another nearly 
half-way down the neck ; sides of the neck and its lower part anterior- 
ly reddish-purple, each feather on the latter with a triangular white 
tip ; middle of the neck behind, back and rump, very dark reddish- 
brown, the latter deeper, and tinged with green ; upper tail-coverts 
and tail greenish-black ; some of the lateral tail-coverts dull reddish- 
purple, a few on either side with their central filaments light red ; 
smaller wing-coverts, alula, and primaries dull greyish-brown, most of 
