ANATIN^ — THE DUCKS — QUERQUEDULA. 



531 



reddish, spotted with bhxck. Hab. Xoith America generally, but chiefly the Eastern 

 Province. 

 2. Q. cyanoptera. AcMt male: Head, neck, and lower parts rich uniform chestnut, the 

 abdomen duller (sometimes dusky), the pilcum blackish. Hab. Western America, from 

 Chili to Washington Territory. 



Q. discors. 



Querquedula discors. 



THE BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 



Anas discors. Link. S. X. ed. 12, I. 1766, 205 (based on Qucrq. americ. variegata, Catesb. 100; 

 Briss. VI. 452. — Qucrq. a.meric. fiisca, Catesb. 99.  — Qucrq. virginiaim, Briss. VI. 455). — 

 WiLS. Am. Orn. A^III. 1814, 74, pi. 68, fig. 4. — Aud. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 111, pi. 313 ; Synop. 

 1839, 282 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 287, pi. 393. 



Anas [Boschas) discors, Sw. & EiCH. F. B. A. II. 1831, 444. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 397. 



Querquedula discors, Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 1824, 149. — Baird, B. X. Am. 1858, 

 779 ; Cat. X. Am. B. 1859, no. 581. — CouES, Key, 1872, 287 ; Check List, 1873, no. 496 ; 2d 

 ed. 18S2, no. 716 ; Birds X. W. 1874, 566. — Eidgw. Xom. X. Am. B. 1881, no. 609. 



Sarcelle male de Cayenne, dite le Soiocrourou, Buff. PI. Enl. 966 {$ ad.). 



Hab. North America in general, but chiefly the Eastern Province ; north to Alaska, south to 

 Ecuador, and throughout West Indies. Accidental in Europe. 



Sp. Char. Adult male: Head and neck dull 

 plumbeous, slightly glossed with lavender-purple on 

 the side of the occiput and nape, and marked in front 

 of the eyes by a large, somewhat crescentic, patch of 

 white, extending entirely across the anterior portion 

 of the head ; pileum, chin, and feathers bordering the 

 white patches, blackish ; lower parts pale reddish, 

 thickly spotted with black, the crissum uniform black. 

 Back and anterior scapulars dusky, marked with con- 

 centric or U-shaped l)ars of pale reddish buff ; lesser 

 wing-coverts and outer webs of some of the longer 

 scapulars pale l^lue ; middle coverts white for the 

 exposed portion, forming a bar across the wing ; 

 speculum bronzy green, dusky terminally, with a 



very narrow white tip ; tertials black, with a central j^^^^ ^^ ^^^^f_ g^^gj^ 



stripe of buff ; a white patch at the base of the tail 



on each side ; axillars immaculate pure white. Bill uniform black ; iris browTi ; feet yellowish 

 Adult femcde : Wings, only, as in the male ; upper parts dusky, the feathers bordered with dull 



