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The male in winter plumage resembles 

 the female in general appearance, but 

 retains the white patch on the primaries 

 and the brilliant gloss on the outer webs 

 of the secondaries and on the wing-coverts. 

 The axillaries and the under wing-coverts 

 are black as in summer. The black collar 

 is wanting. 



The first plumage of the young birds 

 of both sexes resembles that of the adult 

 female ; and the young male completes 

 the change into adult male plumage in 

 the first spring. In a young January bird 

 the white on the primaries is only half 

 developed, but the wing-coverts are as 

 glossy as in the adult male. 



The female is slightly smaller than the 

 male. Length about 13 ; wing 6| ; tail 2|. 

 The male in summer has the bill black ; 

 the irides bright red ; the legs black. 

 In winter, the upper mandible becomes 

 brownish and the lower yellowish. The 

 female has the bill brown above, yellowish 

 below ; the irides brown and the legs 

 yellowish. The male weighs up to nearly 

 II oz. 



Near the Cotton-Teal should be 



