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exhibited some red colour at the tip of the feathers, and the 

 rest black ; the metallic green also being clouded with black, 

 at the end of white feathers. Probably, adds the author, a 

 young male, or perhaps a male in the moult." 



The female, according to Mr. Selby, has " the chin and 

 throat pale buff. Head and neck the same, but with spots 

 and streaks of black, those upon the crown of the head being 

 larger and more distinct. Lower part of the neck, and sides 

 of the breast, pale yellowish-brown, with blackish-brown 

 spots. Flanks variegated with yellowish-brown, and black- 

 ish-brown. Upper parts blackish-brown, the feathers being 

 deeply margined with reddish- white, and pale yellowish- 

 brown. Lesser wing-coverts hair-brown, with the lower tier 

 deeply tipped with pale reddish-brown. The upper half of 

 the speculum green, with purple reflections ; the lower half 

 velvet black, with white tips to the feathers. Quills and tail 

 hair-brown, the latter margined with white and reddish-white. 

 Legs orange. 



This species, it has been observed, has been confounded 

 by some authors with the Japan Teal, A7ias formosa, but 

 Jtias glocitans, though marked something like it on the head 

 and neck, is a much larger bird, and the two species could 

 scarcely be confounded together by those who had ever had 

 the opportunity of seeing both. 



