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THE WIGEON. 
Mareea Penelope. Native names : Pee san, Tatari , Tharia t chota lal ser t 
Hind. ; Parow , Smd ; Cheyun, Nepal; Adla , West Coast. 
Habitat. — A fairly general cold weather visitor. 
Description. — Male —forehead and crown, creamy buff; head and upper 
neck, chestnut, with tiny black dots; chin and throat, dusky. Mantle, back 
and scapulars, grey, pencilled with black ; rump, grey. Breast, reddish, tinged 
with grey ; lower "breast and belly, white ; sides of the body, black and grey ; 
tail feathers, brown and ashy, margined with white. Outer web of the 
primaries, white ; inner web, drab ; axillaries, white, mottled with brown. 
Speculum, black and metallic green or entirely brown. Female—forehead and 
crown, brown, barred with fulvous. Rest of the head, chin, throat and neck, 
fulvous, spotted and streaked with brown. Upper plumage and scapulars, 
brown ; tail feathers, brown. Lower plumage, wdhte ; axillaries, white, mottled 
with brown ; under tail coverts streaked with brown; upper wing coverts, 
brown. It is a rapid and noiseless flyer, and very shy and when in flocks, is 
almost impossible of approach. Length, about 19 inches ; wing, 10 inches ; 
tail, 4 inches ; bill, bluish with a black tip ; hides, brown ; legs and feet, 
greyish brown ; weight up to If lbs. 
