. A general history of birds . female. Further descriptions might be addedfrom other authors, but we trust that the above will be sufficient todiscriminate the species. 104.—WESTERN DUCK. Anas dispav, Ind. Orn. ii. 866. Gm. 535. Mus. Carls, fasc. i. t. 7, 8. oecidua, Nat. Misc. pi. 34. — Stelleri, Pall. Spic. vi. 35. ,t. 5. Gm. Lin. i. 518. Western Duck, Gen. Syn. vi. 532. Id. Sup. 275. Art. Zoot. ii. No. 497. pi. 23. LENGTH seventeen inches. Bill like that of the Wigeon,black ; irides hoary brown ; top and sides of the head and neck,and hind part of the last, for halfway, white ; acros
. A general history of birds . female. Further descriptions might be addedfrom other authors, but we trust that the above will be sufficient todiscriminate the species. 104.—WESTERN DUCK. Anas dispav, Ind. Orn. ii. 866. Gm. 535. Mus. Carls, fasc. i. t. 7, 8. oecidua, Nat. Misc. pi. 34. — Stelleri, Pall. Spic. vi. 35. ,t. 5. Gm. Lin. i. 518. Western Duck, Gen. Syn. vi. 532. Id. Sup. 275. Art. Zoot. ii. No. 497. pi. 23. LENGTH seventeen inches. Bill like that of the Wigeon,black ; irides hoary brown ; top and sides of the head and neck,and hind part of the last, for halfway, white ; across the forehead,from eye to eye, a pea-green band ; at the nape a transverse one ofthe same, but much deeper in colour, beneath which is a roundblack spot, the size of a pea ; at the lower angle of the eye, behind,another of the same, but irregular in shape ; the chin, throat, andneck before, black, communicating with a collar of the same, whichsurrounds the neck about the middle ; from the hind part of this the M?i&% •^•/r-v,/ duck. 343 black passes down over the back, quite to the tail ; breast and sidespale and ferruginous, deepening into chestnut in the middle, growingstill deeper as it passes towards the vent, where it is black ; thesecond quills are six inches long, and curve downwards, partlywhite and partly black, the colour divided obliquely on eachfeather ; the scapulars are also long, pointed, and curve elegantlydownwards over the greater coverts, as in the Garganey ; each hasthe web next the body very little broader than the shaft itself, andboth of them white; the other very broad, and black ; legs black. In that of Pallas the head is said to be somewhat crested, thegreen spot before the eye not uniting across the head, and is broaderthan in the above bird ; the black spot at the angles of the greenband not mentioned, otherwise one description might suffice. The female has the whole plumage mixed brown and ferruginous,somewhat in the manner of t
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