BIEDS — ANATINAE — QUKRQUEDULA DISCOES. 779 



long scapulars are creamy white, with the outer edge broadly velvet black, the inner sometimes 

 waved black and white, while in carolinensis these are plain grayish olive. There are other 

 minor differences, but these will be sufficient to separate the two. 



The specimen described was furnished by Mr. John G. Bell, and obtained by him in the New 

 York market, where several others have from time to time been procured by him. 



QUEKQUEDULA, Stephens. 



Querqiieclula, Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII, ii, 1824. Type ^inas querquedula, Linn. 



Cyanopierus, Etton, Mon. Aiiat. 1838. (Not of Haliday.) 



Pterocyanea, Bonap. List, 1842. 

 Ch. — Bill narrow, lengthened, a little longer than the foot ; widening a little to the end, which is obtu-sely rounded ; the 

 nail occupying about one-third the width ; the lamellae visible in the lateral profile. Tlie upper lateral angle at the base of bill 

 extending rather further back than the lower edge. 



The two species of this genus inhabiting the United States have the following common and 

 special characters : Wing coverts and the outer webs of some scapulars bright blue ; the greater 

 coverts tipped with white. The asillars and middle of under surface of wings white. -A grass 

 green speculum just below the white of the coverts. Scapulars streaked with yellowish buff. 

 Top of head and chin dusky. Crissum blackish. Female retains the blue and white of wing. 

 Head and neck plumbeous. A white crescent in front of the eye and a white patch on 

 each side of the tail. Under parts purplish or violaceous, spotted with brown. Long 



feathers of flanks banded Q. discors. 



General color purplish chestnut, without white on head and tail ; feathers of flanks 

 uniform chestnut Q. cyanoptera, 



QUEEQUEDULA DISCOES, Steph. 



Blue- winded Teal. 



Anas discors, LiNV. Syst. I, 1766, 205.— Gh. 1, 535.— Wilson, Am. Orn. VIII, 1814, 74 ; pi. l.xviii.- Bon. Obs. No. 



262.— AuD. Orn. Biog. IV, 1838, 111; pi. 313.— Ib. Syn, 1839, 282.— Ib. Birds Araer. VI, 1843, 



287 ; pi. 393. 

 Q,uerquedula discois, Steph. Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII, 1824, 149. 



Jlnas {Boschas) discors, S\v. F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 444.— Nuttall, Man. II, 1834, 397. 

 Cyanopterus discors, Etton, Mon. Anat. 1838 — Bon. List, 1838 — Gosse, Birds Jam. 1847, 101. 

 Pterocyanea discors, Bon. (?) — Ib. Comptes Rendus, XLIII, 1856. 

 IFhile-faced teal or duck. Pennant, II, 568. — Lath. Syn. Ill, ii, 502. 



Sp. Ch. — Male. Head and neck above plumbeous grey ; top of head black. A white crescent in front of the eye. Under 

 parts from middle of the neck purplish gray, each feather with spots of black, which become more obsolete behind. Fore part 

 of back with the feathers brown, with two undulating narrow bands of purplish gray. Feathers on tlie flanks banded with dark 

 brown and purplish gtay. Back behind and tail greenish brown ; crissum black. Wing coverts and some of the outer webs of 

 scapulars blue; other scapulars velvet black or green, streaked with pale reddish buff. Speculum glossy green; the outer 

 greater wing coverts white, as are the a.xillars, the middle of under surface of the wing, and a patch on eacli side of the base of 

 the tail. Bill black ; feet flesh colored. 



Female with the top of head brown, and the wing coverts blue and white, as in the male. Base of bill, except above, chin, 

 and upper part of the throat, dirty yellowish white. Back brown, the feathers margined with paler ; under parts whitish, wrth 

 rounded obscure brown spots ; the jugulum darker. Length of male, 16 ; wing, 7.10 ; tarsus, 1.20 ; commissure, 1.85. 



Hab. — Eastern North America to Rocky mountains. Not yet found on the Pacific coast nor in Europe. 



