. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 306 BRITISH THE SHIELDRAKE. SHELDRAKE, SKELDRAKE, OR BURROUGH DUCK.( Anas tadorna, Lin.—La Tadorne.) The male of this prettily marked species is somewhatlarger than the Mallard, measuring about two feet inlength, three and a half in breadth, and weighing com-monly two pounds ten ounces. The bill is red, with thenail and nostrils black : the upper mandible is broad, flat,and grooved on the edges towards the point, where it hasrather a cast upwards ; it is also depressed in the middle,and raised into a knob or tubercle at the
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 306 BRITISH THE SHIELDRAKE. SHELDRAKE, SKELDRAKE, OR BURROUGH DUCK.( Anas tadorna, Lin.—La Tadorne.) The male of this prettily marked species is somewhatlarger than the Mallard, measuring about two feet inlength, three and a half in breadth, and weighing com-monly two pounds ten ounces. The bill is red, with thenail and nostrils black : the upper mandible is broad, flat,and grooved on the edges towards the point, where it hasrather a cast upwards ; it is also depressed in the middle,and raised into a knob or tubercle at the base. Thehead, and upper part of the neck, are of a glossy dark orbottle green : the lower part of the neck, to the breast,is encircled with white, and joined by a broad band ofbright orange bay, which is spread over, and covers thebreast and shoulders. The back, wing coverts, rump,upper tail coverts, and sides of the belly to the vent, and BRITISH BIRDS. S07 tail, are white: a dusky stripe, tinged with rufous, runs;alopg the middle from the breast, the whole length ofthe be
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