. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. COLLARED DUCK. ail The female has none of thefe decorations j her garb is a blackifh brbwn-gray on the head and the mantle; a white gray on the fore fide of the neck and of the breaft j and a pure white on the ftomach and the belly. The bulk is nearly that bf the morilloni and the bill is very (hort and fmalUn proportion. This fpecies is the {inie with Steller's anas .pidfa capite pulchre fafctato *, or the mountain Duck of Kamtfchatka, and the anas htjlrionica of Lin
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. COLLARED DUCK. ail The female has none of thefe decorations j her garb is a blackifh brbwn-gray on the head and the mantle; a white gray on the fore fide of the neck and of the breaft j and a pure white on the ftomach and the belly. The bulk is nearly that bf the morilloni and the bill is very (hort and fmalUn proportion. This fpecies is the {inie with Steller's anas .pidfa capite pulchre fafctato *, or the mountain Duck of Kamtfchatka, and the anas htjlrionica of LinnasuSj which appears in Iceland, according to Brunnichi and occurs not only in the north-eaft of Afiaj but even on lake Baikalj according to Georgi's account, though KrachenninikofF iconfiders thid fpecies as peculiar to Kamt<^ fchatka-fi ⢠i. e. The painted Duck with a beautifully ftriped head; f He fays, that in autumn the females are found on the rivers, but not the males. He adds, that thefe birds are very ftiipid, and are tafily caUght in clear water; for when they fee a man, they dive, and may be killed at the bottom ^rith ftrokes of i. pole. Hijiory of Kamtfchatka* [A] Specific chifrafter of the Harlequin Duck, Ana$ Htjlrionica : ** It is brown, variegated with white and blue; its tars, a double " line on its temples, its collar, and a bar on its breaft, are ; It breeds on the banks of fwift ilreams among the low fhrubs: and In winter it repairs to the open fea. It is clamorous, and its flight Is lofty and rapid. â â ?:f. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788. London : Printed for A. Strachan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..
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