of the District of Montreal. 417 



witli cbesnut in the centre of each feather on the breast, belly 

 and flanks, and margined with pale chesnut in the two latter si- 

 tuations. 



2nd primary longest, 1st next, the others graduated. 

 The female resembles the male. 



A. dhcors. Blue Winged Teal. 

 Querquedula discors. Baird ! 

 v.s.p. Bill livid black; legs and feet yellow; irides hazel; 



Dorsal aspect. Crown of head and border of a crescentic white 

 patch extending from the crown to the chin, between the orbits 

 and bill, brownish black; cheeks, sides of the neck and nape 

 greyish, with a lavender purple iridescence ; interscapulary region 

 and short scapulars umber brown, zigzag barred, and margined 

 with cream colour ; long scapulars striped with blackish green^ 

 pale blue, and deep cream colour, some of them wholly blue *, 

 rump umber brown with pale margins ; lateral tail coverts black' 

 ish green, centre ones wood-brown ; tail subrotund with acumi- 

 nate feathers which are umber brown with pale margins ; small 

 wing coverts pale blue ; upper row of great wing coverts blackish 

 brown at their bases, with while distal halves; speculum dark 

 green ; primaries umber brown, pale on their inner vanes. 



Ventral aspect. Chin and upper half of the throat like the 

 cheeks ; remainder of the throat, breast, belly, vent, sides and 

 flanks, pale chesnut, with orbicular black spots on the breast 

 and sides, and black bars on the belly and flanks ; sides of the 

 rump white ; under tail coverts umber brown ; axillaries white. 



1st primary longest ; length 16 inches; alar expanse 23^ in- 

 ches; length of bill from the frontal feathers to the tip 1 inch 9 

 lines ; length of tarsus, middle toe and nail 3 inches. 



The female wants the white patch on the rump, and the cres- 

 cent before the eye, and the purple iridescence on the head and 

 neck. Her long scapulars are uniform in colour with the rest of 

 the interscapulary region, and her ventral aspect has the chesnut 

 tinge less developed, and irregularly blotched wiih black. The 

 young birds are deficient in the green speculum, but resemble the 

 mother in other respects. 



A. crecca. American Teal. 

 Nettion crecca. Baird I 



v.s.p. Bill bluish black ; legs and feet reddish grey ; irides 

 hazel ; eggs dusty white spotted with brown. 



Can. Nat. 27 Vol. VII. 



