THE 
FASCIATED DUCK. 
GENERIC cilARACTER. 
Bill broad and flattened; the edges marked with 
sharp lamellx. 
Tongue broad, and ciliated at the edges. 
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER, (Ale. 
Whitish DUCK, with very numerous trans¬ 
verse black bands, brown wings, and 
slightly crested hind-head. 
Obs. Bill and legs black: behind the eyes on each 
side a lengthened rose-coloured spot: jeathers oj the. 
hind-head lengthened, sharp-pointed, black: rump 
fasciated with black and white. 
The present species which appears to have been hi¬ 
therto undescribed, is a native of Australasia, and is 
about the size of the Garganey or Anas Querqucdula 
of Linnjeus. 
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