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fcribed as the old of another, Willoughby de- 
fcribes two fpecies ; the one, the fmaller reddifli- 
headed Duck/* which he at laft fuppofes to be the 
female Golden-eye,— and the other the greater 
reddifh-headed Duck,’* “ perchance the fame as the 
laft defcribed, or the male thereof.** Latham con- 
feffes himfelf equally at a lofs with Willoughby 5 
and as fome of the correfpondents of the author are 
of one opinion, and fome of another, in refpeQ: to 
the fex, as well as the fpecies of thefe birds, he 
forbears giving defcriptions from other fpecimens, 
although accurately taken, becaufe they would not , 
remove the doubts already entertained, or elucidate 
the fubjeft. It may not be improper, however, to 
quote Mr Pennant’s account of the female Golden- 
eye in this place, and that of the Morillon, fent to 
this work by George Strickland, Efq. of Ripon, 
in the fubfequent account of the latter bird. The 
head of the female is of a deep brown, tinged with 
red : the neck grey : breaft and belly white : coverts 
and fcapulars duiky and afh-coloured : middle quill- 
feathers white ; the others, together with the tail, 
black : the legs dulky. * Thefe birds frequent the 
frefli water, as well as the fea, being found on the 
Shroplhire meres during winter.” f 
* A bird was fent to the author by the Rev. J. Davies, of 
Trinity College, Cambridge, agreeing with this defcriptign, 
except in the legs being yellow. 
•f Pennant. 
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