BLUE-WINGED TEAL 107 
adult male, occurred near Scarborough, in November, 1851. 
The third, also an adult male, was shot on November 28rd, 
1879, in South Devon (Saunders). 
DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 
PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial.—The adult male, on the 
whole, resembles our own bird, but the delicate pencilling of 
the plumage is more minute. On the side of the breast and 
lower neck there is a broad crescent-shaped band of finely 
vermiculated greyish-white feathers; the yellowish lines on 
the cheeks and round the eye are less defined than are those 
of the common Teal. 
Adult male, post-nuptial or eclipse.—Somewhat similar 
to the female plumage. 
Adult female nuptial—The plumage of the female is 
practically the same as that of the female of the preceding 
species. 
Adult winter, male and female.—Similar to the respective 
nuptial plumages. 
Immature, male and female. — Resembles the female 
plumage. 
Beak. Black. 
Freer. Bluish-erey. 
IrIDES. Brown. 
Kae. Yellowish-white : clutch, seven to twelve. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
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BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Quwerquedula discors (Linneus). 
Coloured Figures.—Lilford, ‘ Coloured Figures,’ vol. vii, pl. 40. 
Another extremely rare and accidental wanderer to our 
shores. There is but one genuine record, viz., a specimen 
shot at Dumfries in 1858. It is a male bird and is preserved 
in the Edinburgh Museum (Saunders). 
