ANATID^ — ANATIX^ : lilVER DUCKS. 



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Analysis of Subgenera and Species. 

 Netticm. Head sub-crested. Bill very narrow ; nail about J its tip. Reentrance of feathers on sides of 

 culmenin advance of base of bill below. Head and neck chestnut, with a broad glossy green band on 

 eacli side beldnd eye, bordered with whitish, blackeiung where njeeting on nape. Under parts white, 

 witli circular black spots; crissum black, varied with white or creamy; upper parts and sides of body 

 closely waved with black and white. Speculum rich green bordered in front with buff tips of the cov- 

 erts, behind with white tips of the secondaries; no blue on wing; feet dark; bill black. ? differing 

 especially in the head markings, those of wings similar. 



No white on side of body in front of wing; long scapulars black externally, creamy white inter- 

 nally crecca 714 



A white crescent on siile of body before wing ; scapulars plain carolincnxin 713 



QtTERQUEDULA proper. Head close-feathered. Bill broader than in Nettium, the nail about J its tip. 

 Reentrance on sides of culmeu not in advance of base of bill below. Wing-coverts in ^ $ sky blue, 

 the greater white-tipped ; scapulars of cf striped with blue and buff. 



cJ Head and neck blackish-plumbeous ; a large white crescent in front of eye discors 716 



cf general color purplish-chestnut ; no white on head cyanoptera 717 



▼14. Q (N.) crec'ca. (Lat. crecca, formed like crex, crake, quack, etc., to express the sound.) Euro- 

 pean Green-winged Teal. Like the next to be described : No white crescent before wing; 

 green band in chestnut of side of head bordered with decided whitish ; barring of sides and upper 

 parts broader and coarser ; long scapulars as well as inner secondaries creamy white, black- 

 bordered externally. Europe; Greenland; casually on N. Am. Atlantic coast. 



T15. Q. (N.) carolinen'sis. (Fig. 482.) American Green-winged Teal. Adult $ : Bill black; 

 feet bluish-gray ; iris brown. A white crescent in front of wing. Head and upper neck rich 



chestnut, blackening 



I'S /^^ /S^x^ '^° ^^^°' ^^^^^ ^ glossy 



green patch behind 



each eye blackening 



\iM^TL^-'t^ on its lower border 



. .^^^/A^^Wmr^jt where it meets its 



•■ ^ /jM^/J m M/ Mm ^ fellow among the 



lengthened feathers 



X'^^^llMSS!AWMl^l^S^iMUMf/^////Ay//^ of the parts, bordered 



below by a more or 

 less evident whitish 

 line, which may often 

 be traced to the angle 

 of the mouth. Up- 

 ■^^.^^^""^^aJi^m^^Kmy per parts and flanks 

 '"^l^l'^^^^WBtE^i^^^SSIS^KIiSLt^Xk/l j^-^-^ ^^f f^^S^ii^l^ Avaved with narrow 



x<?k^^?'" black bars on a whit- 



FiG. 482. — American Green-winged Teal. (From Lewis.) ish ground. Under 



parts white, becoming buff or fawn-colored on breast, nebulated with gray, on the breast 

 with numerous sharp circular black spots ; fore neck and sides of breast waved like the upper 

 parts. Crissum black, with a buff or creamy patch on each side. Primaries and wing-coverts 

 leaden gray; speculum velvety purplish -black on outer half, the inner half rich green; bor- 

 dered in front with chestnut, fawn or whitish tips of the greater coverts, behind by white tips 

 of the secondaries, interiorly with purplish -bhick stripes on the outer webs of the lengthened 

 secondaries. Adult 9 • Nearly like ^ on the wings, the green speculum less perfect; no 

 crest ; head and neck streaked with light reddish-brown on a dark brown ground ; upper parts 

 mottled with dark brown, barred and streaked with tawny or grayisli ; lower parts white, more 

 or less buffy-tinged on lower fore neck and breast, which have nebulous dusky spotting. A 

 very small species, one of the most prettily colored of all, of unsurpassed excellence of flesh : 



