. A history of British birds . nfluenced bythe tail-feathers, is from twenty-six to twenty-eight the carpal joint to the end of the wing ten inches anda half. The weight varies from lib. lOoz., to 21b. 12oz. The female has the head reddish-brown; the neck palebrown, both parts speckled with very dark brown ; uppersurface of the body dark brown ; each feather almost blackin the centre, and pale brown on the margin; tail-feathersalso dark brown, varied with pale brown; uo appearance ofwhite lines on the sides of the neck; under surface of thebody nearly uniform pale brown. A downy ne
. A history of British birds . nfluenced bythe tail-feathers, is from twenty-six to twenty-eight the carpal joint to the end of the wing ten inches anda half. The weight varies from lib. lOoz., to 21b. 12oz. The female has the head reddish-brown; the neck palebrown, both parts speckled with very dark brown ; uppersurface of the body dark brown ; each feather almost blackin the centre, and pale brown on the margin; tail-feathersalso dark brown, varied with pale brown; uo appearance ofwhite lines on the sides of the neck; under surface of thebody nearly uniform pale brown. A downy nestling from Lapland, in the collection of Mr. , is characterized by the greyish-white of the streakover the eye, and the under parts ; there being a completeabsence of the yellowish tirit observable in many other nest-ling Ducks. The length of the windpipe iu this species is about nineinches and a half, the diameter of the tube slightly enlargedabout an inch above the bony labyrinth, the form of whichis figured ANSERES. TEAL. 387
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