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Duck, South American Comb
Sarkidiornis sylvicola

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Duck, South American Comb
Context: Annotation: "[male]" "iris deep [brown?]" "legs & feet olive gray darker on webs & scales-" "Dandelion yellow strongest at back paling into white in about 3/4" to 1"" "bill gray black, nail [horn?] - no trace of white spots on [comb?]." "back & wings just as in [mil.?] - flanks uniform dark stone gray." "marginal feathers narrowly pale edged.". Preliminary sketch for Phillips, John C., A Natural History of the Ducks, Vol. 1, plate 5.
Date: 1922c.
Location: Rare and Manuscript Collections
Medium: Pencil;Watercolor
ID Number: 2662-800-0330
Size: 8.875" x 11.875"
Support: Paper
Type: Preliminary sketches
Title: South American Comb Duck
Publication: Natural History of the Ducks