AMERICAN Ti:^TED DUCK. 
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breast, and whole belly, white, with a yellowish tinge; vent dusky; 
sides under the wings, and flanks, beautifully marked with fine 
zigzag lines of dusky ; tail dull brown, cuneiform, and composed 
of fourteen feathers ; the primaries, wing-coverts, back and scapu- 
lars, are glossed with green ; webs of the feet black. The color 
of the legs and feet varies : those of the figure in the plate were 
greenish ash ; those of the specimen above described were pale 
yellow ochre, dashed with black ; and those of Mr. Bonaparte’s 
specimen were bluish ash. The above description was taken from 
a fine adult male, shot by the Editor on the 1st of April, 1814. 
On the 8th of March, 1815, the Editor shot, from a flock, 
consisting of five individuals, two males ; and an adult female in 
full plumage. 
Female : Length sixteen inches and a half ; bill darker than 
that of the male, without the white at its base, above the nail with 
a band of dull bluish white ; beneath the eyes a spot of white ; 
chin and front part of the lores white ; throat spotted with dusky ; 
cheeks and auriculars finely powdered with white ; neck without 
the chestnut band ; head, neck, breast, upper parts of the back, 
lower parts of the belly, and vent, a snufif-colored brown ; belly 
whitish ; lower part of the back dusky ; the under tail-coverts pen- 
ciled with fine zigzag lines ; neck rather thicker than that of the 
male, but the head equally tufted. The wings, feet, legs, tail and 
eves, resemble those parts of the male. The dust-like particles, 
which are so remarkable upon the back and scapulars of the male, 
are wanting in the female. 
In young males the head and upper part of the neck are pur- 
plish brown ; in some the chestnut band of the neck is obscure. 
The stomachs of those specimens which I dissected were filled 
with gravel and vegetable food. The trachea, according to the 
observations of Mr. Bonaparte, resembles that of the fuligula. 
This species is in no respects so shy and cunning as the Scaup 
Duck ; and is more easily shot. 
