THE 
SUMMER DUCK. 
RISGSUcIPeniaaeaetsegsege 
- GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill broad and flattened ; the edBes mare 
with sharp lamellz. 
Tongue broad, and ciliated at the edges. 
_ SPECIFIC CHARA CTER, Sc. 
Duck with pendent variegated crest, chesnut 
breast spotted with white, and side-feathers 
lunulated with black and white. 
The Summer Duck of CERIN 
dw. he ‘101. 
This most beautiful species is an inhabitant of many 
patts both of North and South America, . migrating, | 
according to the diversity of seasons, from one region 
toanother. It is also found in some of the West In- 
- dian islands. The female is smaller, of a brown 
colour, and without: any of that gaiety of plumage 
which so elegantly distinguishes the male, 
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