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BRITISH BIRDS. 
WIGEON. 
WHEWER, WHIM, OR PANDLED WHEW*. 
(Anas Penelope, Lin . — Le Canard Jiffieur, BufF.) 
This is nearly of the fame fize as the Gadwall, 
weighing generally about twenty-three ounces, and 
meafuring nearly twenty inches in length, and two 
feet three in breadth. The bill is an inch and a 
half long, narrow, and ferrated on the inner edges : 
the upper mandible is of a dark lead colour, tipped 
with black. The crown of the head, which is very 
high and narrow, is of a cream colour, with a 
linall fpot of the fame under each eye : the reft of 
the head, the neck, and the breaft, are bright ru- 
fous chefnut, obfcurely freckled on the head with 
black fpots, and darkeft on the chin and throat, 
which are tinged with a vinous colour: a band, 
Gompofed of beautifully waved, or indented narrow 
