covered by the scapulars, both of 'which are dark brown, with
a greenish tinge. The -legs are dark coloured; the toes
largely webbed, and the webs black. At tKe. foerid of the
wing is a blunt knob. Beneath, on the sides of the*vent, are
the rudiments of a bar of mottled feathers, and the feathers
of the thighs, and some of the.yenjt feathers ‘ are - lighter than
those of the. rest of the body.”
The male is distinguished fro.m_rthe female inj havlBg a
black, collar round the neck, from which circumstance it has
been called the Collared* Dhek ; it has also been called*the
Ruddy Goose. ■
Bewick has figured the female*; I -have" therefore, purposely
given the figure-of a male.
This species is*very' rarely found a t sea. |H
COMMON SHELLDBAKE. 141
NATATORES. ANAT1DÆ.
TH E COMMON SHELLDRÂKE,
T he Shieldbake, ok B ubbow D uck.
Anas Tadoma, „ The Shieldrake,
Tadorna 'Vulpanser, Common ,,
'• ,, • Bèl'lohii, Î,
,, Vulpanser,
Anas Tadorna,
.^E N ^ rv B r i t ; !Z o p L v o l .* i i . p .2 5 6 ...
Montagu, Omith. Diet.
Bewick, Bift. Birds,-vol. ii. pi 357.
F lem. Brit. An. p. ,.12SJr.
Sel^y, Brit. Ornitji. vol.'ii. p. 289..
BHt. Vërt; p.!z29.'
Lpsgpirij;, Birds* ol Europe, pt. viii.
Canard Tadorne, TEMM.Man. d’Ornith, yol. ii. p. 833,
t\, ’ H ' ■> ■ ,, pt. iv. p. 531.
T he Shieldbake i|: oneilif the most beautiful in appearance
of our ornamental water-fdwl: the various colours of its
plumage are pure and brilliant, strongly contrasted; their
limits Well ^defined; and the birds are retained in a state of
domestication without difficulty. This species differs greatly
from that of the same genus last described, in being rarely