. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . of the Bill, reach-ing over the Eye almoft to the back part of the Head, the other fromthe Bill, to the under part of the Eye, which was encompaffed with aCircle of the fame fmall white Feathers, the Chin was alfo fpeckled. The Throat, Breaft, and Belly, were white with fome few tranfverfeSpots of redilli brown; the Back, fcapular Feathers of the Wings, andthe Sides, are of the fame brown Colour, edged and fpeckled or duftedover with white. The prime Feathers of the Wings were tw

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. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . of the Bill, reach-ing over the Eye almoft to the back part of the Head, the other fromthe Bill, to the under part of the Eye, which was encompaffed with aCircle of the fame fmall white Feathers, the Chin was alfo fpeckled. The Throat, Breaft, and Belly, were white with fome few tranfverfeSpots of redilli brown; the Back, fcapular Feathers of the Wings, andthe Sides, are of the fame brown Colour, edged and fpeckled or duftedover with white. The prime Feathers of the Wings were twenty four; the firft fixwere all white, the reft redifli brown ; the firft Row of covert Featherswere blue with white Tips, the fecond Row brown with white Tips. The Tail was made up of twenty black Feathers with white Tips,four of the middlemoft being reflefted, circularly towards the Head:the Legs and Feet were of an orange Colour. The Duck of this Kind was very like the common Duck, exceptingthe Bill, which was hooked. Thefe Ducks are better layers than anyof the other, either wild or tame. J&, 7%e o o. u/ioJ rff^?r/? adiin£ff Jem. r/uIZrdJt//7 7)aJ yy

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