. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. Y'rr No., v.] ZOOLOGY. for coverts, deep reddish-brown, the colour of bright mahogany ; wings plain pale drub, darkest at the points; tail black, greatly tapering, containing eighteen narrow pointed feathers ; the plumage of the breast and upper part of the neck is of u remarkable kind, being dusky olive at bottom, ending in hard bristly points of a silvery grey, very much resembling the hair of some kinds of seal skins; all these are thickl
. Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 [microform]. Scientific expeditions; Expéditions scientifiques. Y'rr No., v.] ZOOLOGY. for coverts, deep reddish-brown, the colour of bright mahogany ; wings plain pale drub, darkest at the points; tail black, greatly tapering, containing eighteen narrow pointed feathers ; the plumage of the breast and upper part of the neck is of u remarkable kind, being dusky olive at bottom, ending in hard bristly points of a silvery grey, very much resembling the hair of some kinds of seal skins; all these are thickly marked with transverse curving lines of deep brown; belly and vent silver- grey, thickly crossed with dusky olive ; under tail-coverts white ; legs and feet ash- ; He describes the female as " partly of the same size as the male; the front, lores, and crown, deep blackish-brown ; bill as in the male, very broad at the extremity, and largely toothed on the sides, of the same rich blue ; cheeks a dull cream ; neck plain dull drab, sprinkled about the auriculars with blackish ; lower part of the neck and breast variegated with grey, ash, and reddish-brown; the reddish dies off towards the belly, leaving this last of a dull white shaded with dusky ash; wings as in the male; tail brown; scapulars dusky-brown thickly sprinkled with whitish, giving them a grey appearance ; legs ; The whole plumage is certainly very singular, the neck in the specimen appears to l?e very thick, the bill is particularly broad, the body thick, and the tail is remarkable in the feathers being so very narrow. Ana-s Albeola. Buffel-headed or Spirit Duck. This species is common in the United States in winter, and equally abundant in the north during the breeding season. It has received a variety of appellations, and the difference between the sexes has added to its names, since they have been taken for distinct species. Both sexe? are well described by Latham in his Synopsis. Sp
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