Pintail Duck
a species of Quer quedula; Q. acuta, or Dafila caudacuta, having the upper parts and flanks ash, PINTAIL DUCK with narrow stripes of black; under parts white; head umber-brown; tail pointed. It inhabits the N. of Europe and America.
PINTURICCHIO (pin-tû-rikyō) ("the little painter"), an Italian painter of the Umbrian school, whose real name was Bernardino di Betto; born in Perugia, Italy, in 1454. At Rome he was engaged on the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, being at this time under the influence of Perugino. His chief work was a series of mural paintings illustrating the life of Pope Pius II. in the cathedral library at Siena. There are also fine frescoes by him in the Buffalini Chapel of the Church St. Maria in South America for the crown of Portugal.