. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . n ^ \»1 CO O : BUFFEL-HEADED DUCK. 3(39 first quill longest; secondaries short, broad, rounded, the inner elongated,lanceolate, and decurved, as are the scapulars. Tail rather short, pointed,of fourteen feathers. Bill dull greyish-blue, as are the feet, the claws yellowish-grey. Theupper part of the head and a broad band surrounding the neck are white;the throat; some feathers around the eye are black; a light green patch inthe loral space, and a transverse patch of the same on the nape, marginedbehind and
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . n ^ \»1 CO O : BUFFEL-HEADED DUCK. 3(39 first quill longest; secondaries short, broad, rounded, the inner elongated,lanceolate, and decurved, as are the scapulars. Tail rather short, pointed,of fourteen feathers. Bill dull greyish-blue, as are the feet, the claws yellowish-grey. Theupper part of the head and a broad band surrounding the neck are white;the throat; some feathers around the eye are black; a light green patch inthe loral space, and a transverse patch of the same on the nape, marginedbehind and laterally with black. A broad band on the neck and the wholeof the back is velvet-black, with green reflections; the smaller wing-covertswhite; the secondary coverts bluish-black, terminating in a broad whiteband; the elongated secondaries and scapulars with the inner web white, theouter black, with blue reflections; the primaries and coverts brownish-black,the tail black, as are the lower tail-coverts and abdomen; the rest of thelower parts deep reddish-buff, fading toward the sho
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