2i8 WILD-FOWL AND SEA-FOWL OF GREAT BRITAIN 



coverts black, edged with grey ; tail feathers brown- 

 ish-grey, edged with paler shade. A part of the 

 lower neck is barred in front as well as behind ; the 

 rest, with part of the breast, is yellowish-white, with 

 roundish black spots ; hind-part of breast, sides, and 

 belly white, waved with grey. Under the tail are two 

 cream-coloured patches and a black middle space. 

 Legs and feet are bluish-grey, tinged with brown. 

 The length of the bird, from bill to tail, is fourteen or 

 fifteen inches. 



Female. — Bill blackish-green ; head light brown, 

 with dusky streaks ; back dark brown, each feather 

 having two bands of yellowish-brown ; beauty-spot 

 velvet black and green. The neck in front is yellow- 

 ish-brown, waved with darker shade ; the breast 

 white ; the rest of the lower parts brownish-white, 

 spotted with brown. 



THE GARGANEY TEAL. 



( Qiierquedula circia . ) 



Male. — Bill blackish-brown ; iris brown ; upper 

 part of head, and a band along the hind-neck, umber 

 brown. A white band over the eye and along the 

 neck ; cheeks and upper part of neck chestnut 

 brown, finely barred with white. The back dark 

 brown, the feathers being edged with light brown. 

 The scapulars are black, with a middle white stripe ; 

 beauty-spot dark bluish-green, margined with white ; 

 lower neck and part of the breast dark brown, with 

 paler crescent-shaped markings. The lower parts 



