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BIRDS. 
S P E C I E S XV. The Pintail Duck. Plate 8 
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Sea pheaiant,or cracke x.Wil. orn. 376. 
Anas longicauda. BriJJon av. VI. 
369. Tab. 34. 
^HE form of this fpecies is {lender, and 
the neck long : its weight twenty-four 
ounces : its length twenty-eight inches; 
its breadth one yard two inches. The bill is 
black in the middle, blue on the fides : the head 
is ferruginous, tinged behind the ears with purple; 
from beneath the ears commences a white line, 
which runs fome way down the neck \ this line 
is bounded by black : the hind part of the neck, 
the back, and fides are elegantly marked with 
white and dufky lines : the fore part of the neck, 
and belly are white : the fcapulars ftriped with 
Rail Jyn. av. I 47 * 
Anas acuta. Lin. fyft - 12 6. 
Gefner av. 121. 
black and white : the coverts of the wings afh- 
colored ; the loweft tipt with dull orange : the 
middle quil feathers barred on their outmoft webs 
with green, black and white : the exterior feathers 
of the tail are afh-colored : the two middle black, 
and three inches longer than the others : the feet 
of a lead color. The female is of a light brown 
color, fpotted with black. Mr. Hartlib r in the 
appendix to his Legacy , tells us that thofe birds 
are found in great abundance in Connaught in 
Ireland\ in the month of February only 5 and that 
they are much pfleemed for their delicacy. 
SPECIES XVI. The Swallow tail’d Shieldrake. Plate 13 7 
Anas longicauda Iflandica. Rrijfon 
av. VI. 379. 
Anas hiemalis. Lin.Jyf. 126. 
JVil. orn. 364. 
Raii Jyn. av. 145. 
Long tailed duck. Edzv. av. 280., 
H I S is inferior in fize to the former. 
The bill is (hort, black at the tip and 
bafe, orange color’d in the middle ; 
the cheeks are of a pale brown : the hind part of 
the head, and the neck both before and behind 
are white j the fides of the upper part of the 
neck are marked with a large dufky bar, pointing 
downwards j the breaft and back are of a deep 
chocolate color j the fcapulars are white, long, 
narrow, and {harp pointed. The coverts of the 
wings, and greater quil feathers dufky; the lefter 
of a reddifh brown : the belly white 5 the four 
middle feathers of the tail are black j and near 
four inches longer than the others, which are 
white : the legs dufky. Thefe birds breed in 
Norway , and other northern countries, and in 
very hard winters vifit our coafts. 
SPECIES XVII. 
Poker, pochard, or red headed wi- 
geon. IVil. orn. 367, 
Rail fyn. av. 143. 
Anas ferina. Lin. fyjt. 126, 
T S weight is about one pound twelve ounr 
ces ; its length nineteen inches j its breadth 
two feet and a half. The bill is of a deep 
lead color : the head and neck are pf a bright bay 
The Pochard. Plate 5. 
Penelope. Brijfon av. VI. 384. Tab. 
35 - Fig. 1. 
Anas fera fufca, vel media. Gefner 
av. 116, 
color : the breaft, and part of the back where it 
joins the neck are black : the coverts of the 
wings, the fcapulars, back and fides under the 
wings are of a pale grey, elegantly marked with 
narrow 
