.b j l -kb b u c k
M A B 8 L ED D FCK.
i '& t t a i i ' i >irrtrniil!gnlln Tema.
on fiie specimen of tlwit tMjr
iendship of M. Tt'Hiuwk «
mnot pass over this dpnori
v’athimt Histon
« rality o f'tb is
individual patroneige, bui by confiding to ns for o
r o f Europe, among' which is the present species
t, M. Teinmindk, however, assured w that the
iUustration many ia
Of its habits and ■
stance;
, parti
we should, not have expected; judging from the »Diiaty i
resent comprehended in the-genus .Fuligulat may. be sj
stinct generie stiLti^n. Such genera, however, are o f r
f real u t^ iy to 'th e piofessed omiihologist, Ojo iteas likely :fc
d to possess
i subordinate
p interest the
the southern
nmnnicate respecting the present bird is, that it inhabits
linia and the Asiatic Ixmlers.
the oedk, the whole o f the upper surface, flanks, and taaJ
h duqty white; outer webs of the; qndi-feathers greyish brow
»per surface; secondaries pale brown s cheeks ;t»iid tbroat a
hss much lighter; breast aud the wihete of &w n/Jmk- -wrfwi
Irihndt? with djutt •iiiilw brown, which, togci:!;!«« »9?« ' •*<>»
it the «ppearauce of atarbtei whense its i
of dull ashy
V tips of die
arkedia the
dirt* whkxr.