BRITISH BIRDSo 
359 
FERRUGINOUS DUCK, 
Anas Rutila, 
Weight twenty ounces. The bill long, and 
flatted, rounded a little at the bafe, ferrated along 
the edges of each mandible, and furniflied with a 
nail at the end of the upper ; colour pale blue : 
head, neck, „ and whole upper part of the bird, an 
agreeable reddifli brown : throat, bread, and belly, 
the fame colour, but paler : the legs of a pale blue : 
webs black.” One of this fpecies was killed in 
Lincolnfliire. Found in the Swedifh rivers, but 
rarely. Mr Pennant has alfo received it from Den- 
mark.” Latham. 
