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ANAS HISTRIONIC A. 
282 . ANAS GLACIALIS , LINNAEUS AND WILSON. 
FEMALE LONG-TAILED DUCK. 
WILSON, PLATE LXX. FIG. II EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM. 
The female is distinguished from the male by wanting 
the lengthened tertials, and the two long pointed feathers 
of the tail, and also by her size, and the rest of her 
plumage, which is as follows : length, sixteen inches ; 
extent, twenty-eight inches ; bill, dusky ; middle of the 
crown, and spot on the side of the neck, blackish ; a 
narrow dusky line runs along the throat for two inches ; 
rest of the head, and upper half of the neck, white, 
lower half, pale vinaceous bay, blended with white ; all 
the rest of the lower parts of the body, pure white ; 
back, scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts, bright ferrugi- 
nous, centred with black, and interspersed with whitish ; 
shoulders of the wing, and quills, black ; lower part of 
the back, the same, tinged with brown ; tail, pale brown • 
ash, inner vanes of all but the two middle feathers, 
white ; legs and feet, dusky slate. The legs are placed 
far behind, which circumstance points out the species 
to be great divers. In some females, the upper parts 
are less ferruginous. 
Some writers suppose the singular voice, or call, of 
this species, to be occasioned by the remarkable con- 
struction of its windpipe ; but the fact, that the females 
are uniformly the most noisy, and yet are entirely 
destitute of the singularities of this conformation, 
overthrows the probability of this supposition. 
283 . ANAS HISTRIONIC A, LINN^US AND WILSON. 
HARLEQUIN DUCK. 
WILSON, PLATE LXII. FIG. IV. — EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM.. 
This species is very rare on the coasts of the Middle 
and Southern States, though not unfrequently found 
off those of New England, where it is known by the 
dignified title of the lord, probably from the elegant 
