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Genus DAFILA, Leach.
GM . Ciia ji. Beak medial, its base u n a rm ed , suboylindric, linear, its tip fo rm ,b e d w ith a
v e ry small b o o k : th e mandMes w ith th e ir edges lancinate, den tated . Nostrils basal, sub-
oval. Tail e longated, acute, fu rn ish ed w ith sixteen feathers.
Anas acuta, Linn.
Dafila caudacuta, Leach.
Canard a longue queue.
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he male and female of fors mterestmg species offer very considerable difference in their plumage The
■ 18 d 7 f T - 4 B * * °f t ie head b™ S variegated with black and brown, foe W l d
upper part of foe neck being brown with purple and violet rejections, a black band extending over foe'back
With rufous, and below with w h i t e T l s c a p n l a m t ^
deep^velvet black wrfo light grey edges, the two midd.e ta il-L h c s o f a 1 ^
andtapenng; the beak blackish blue ; irides light brown; feet dull reddish
spots MSB BB | her ‘““ fi “d b* B "ead “d “Ck I of a %h* rufous dotted with small
H H I ‘he “PP“ Parte Wacktsh brown, marked with regular cmscent-shaped spots of reddish
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