BRITISH BIRDS. 
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MORILLON, 
( Anas Glaucloni Lln.—Zf Morlllm^ Buff. ) 
Bill brown, orange from the noftrils to the 
point, the knob of which is black ; it is an inch and 
a half long, rather narrow towards the apex f the nof- 
trils are placed very forward : head brown, cheeks 
tinged with black : irides ftraw colour : a broad 
white circle round the neck, the back part of which 
is mottled with brown : breaft, fides of the body, 
and fcapular feathers, white, barred with black : 
belly white : thighs and vent feathers, brown and 
white : inner coverts of the wings brown : back and 
covert^ of the wings black, mottled with white : 
quill feathers and tertials black ; fecondaries white : 
tail' rounded, and grey : legs and toes yellow 
brown, with a greenifh tinge ; webs and claws 
black. Length one foot four inches ; breadth two 
feet four inches ; weight one pound feven ounces.’^ 
The above is a defcription of the male bird : 
the female has not the white circle round the neck, 
or the yellow on the bill, and has lefs white on the 
wings.” “ I have fhot this fpecies on Conifton 
lake, and on Eaftwaite water, Lancalhire, in De- 
cember,— ^on Duddon-fands, Cumberland, in April, 
— and on a pond near Ripon, Yorkfhire, in Odo- 
ber. They are generally feen in fmall flocks, diving 
for their food, near the fliore.”-^Mr Strickland. 
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