. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . --. Anas acuta. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 202. Anas acuta. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 864. Pintail Duck. Mont. Orn. Diet, and Supplt. Canard a longue queue ou Pilet. Anas acuta. Temm. Man. dOm. II. 839. Common Pintail. Querquedula acuta. Selb. Ilust. II. SIL Anas acuta. Pintail. Jen. Brit. Vert, -\iiim. 232. Dafila acuta. Bonap. Comp. List, 56. Male icith th
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . --. Anas acuta. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 202. Anas acuta. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 864. Pintail Duck. Mont. Orn. Diet, and Supplt. Canard a longue queue ou Pilet. Anas acuta. Temm. Man. dOm. II. 839. Common Pintail. Querquedula acuta. Selb. Ilust. II. SIL Anas acuta. Pintail. Jen. Brit. Vert, -\iiim. 232. Dafila acuta. Bonap. Comp. List, 56. Male icith the bill tico inches and two-ttvelfths lojig, nine-twelfths broad toward the end, black, with the sides toivardthebase light blue; scapulars and irmer secondaries elongated andacuminate; middle tail-feathers long, and tapering to a finepoint; head and throat dusky brown ; a longitudinal band ofgreenish-black on the hind neck, and tico white bands continu-ous tcith the white of the lower parts; back and sides finelyundulated xoith grey and white; smaller wing-coverts grey; VOL. V. F 66 UUERQUEDULA ACUTA. speculum green and hlack, margined anteriorly icitJi red andposteriorly loith white; tail grey; middle feathers browjiish-hlack; lower tail-coverts b
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