C 9* )
The Hen French Ted. Querquedula Francia Fem.
Numb. CII..
IT S Weight was twelve Ounces; Length, from the
Tip of the Bill, to the End of the Tail, was fix-teen
Inches; Breadth, when the Wings were extended, was twenty
four Inches; its Bill is broad, black, and fomething
reflected upwards; the Irides of the Eyes, of a yellowiih
white; the top of the Head, upper part of the Neck,
Back, and Tail were of a dusky brown Colour; its
Throat, Breaft, Belly, and Thighs were of a fordid
white, with tranfverfe Spots of dark brown towards the
Neck and Back, and more dilute on the Breaft, Belly,
and Thighs.
The Number of prime Feathers of the Wings are
twenty four, being for the moft part of a dark brown
Colour; the four or five firft Feathers, of the firft Row
of Coverts are of a dark blue, all the reft in that Row
of a fhining green Colour, both having white Tips. The
fecond Row, was of a hair Colour with broad Tips of fordid
white, inclining to yellow, the fcapular Feathers, of a
hair Colour edged with faint fmall Stroaks of white. The
Legs and Feet were of a pale dusky browniih Colour.
This Bird is of a delicate Tafte and wholefome Nou-
rifhment. See the Cock, Vol. I. Plate 100.