. British game birds and wildfowl . under the dark brown, and narrowing towards the back ofthe neck. Cheeks and neck, light reddish brown, each feather having a central line ofwhite. Feathers on the back, blackish brown, edged with lighter brown. The scapularsare long and pointed, black, with a central line of white; wing coverts, bluish , brownish black; speculum, dull green, edged with white; tertials, bluish , brownish gray. Breast, yellowish brown, each feather with crescentic marks ofdark brown; belly, white; vent, and under tail coverts, yellowish white, mottled wi
. British game birds and wildfowl . under the dark brown, and narrowing towards the back ofthe neck. Cheeks and neck, light reddish brown, each feather having a central line ofwhite. Feathers on the back, blackish brown, edged with lighter brown. The scapularsare long and pointed, black, with a central line of white; wing coverts, bluish , brownish black; speculum, dull green, edged with white; tertials, bluish , brownish gray. Breast, yellowish brown, each feather with crescentic marks ofdark brown; belly, white; vent, and under tail coverts, yellowish white, mottled withblack. Sides and flanks, white, with irregular transverse bars of black. Legs and feet,grayish brown. Females have the head brown, with dark spots, and a lighter band over the , brown, with lighter edges; wing coverts, brown; speculum, as in male. Chin,white; breast, grayish white, with dark brown markings. Sides and flanks, of two shadesof brown. The length of the male is about sixteen inches. The female is rather A •/. 211 SUMMER DUCK. WOOD DUCK. TREE DUCK. Anas sponsa, ..... Ljjtn^us. Anas—A Duck. Sponsa—A bride. This handsome bird has occasionally been obtained, apparently in an entirely wildstate, in various parts of England. Some of these have probably been birds which hadescaped from confinement; but, as in the case of some other birds, we see no reasonwhy stragglers may not now and then be driven to our shores, out of their ordinarymigratory course. Two male birds of this species were shot, apparently in a wild state,near Deal, in Kent, in 1848-—one on November the 6th., in the meadow at WalmerCastle; -the other two days later, in a dyke at Marsh side, Chislet. One of them cameinto the possession of J. W. Hulke, Esq., of Deal, who recorded the occurrence in theZoologist, for 1849. He states that his bird was in beautiful plumage, and was shotwithin two hundred yards of the sea. Early in the same year, (1848,) a SummerDuck was shot at Tenbury, in
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