GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 



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of moderate length, narrow, acute. Tail short, 

 rounded, and acuminate, of sixteen acuminate 

 feathers. 



Bill black. Iris brown. Feet light bluish gray. 

 Head and upper part of the neck chestnut-brown; 

 a broad band narrowing backward from the eye 

 down the back of the neck, deep, shining green, 

 edged with black below, under which is a white 

 line, which, before the eye, meets another that 

 curves forward and downward to the angles of 

 the mouth. Chin brownish-black, as are the fea- 

 thers at the base of the upper mandible. Upper 

 parts and flanks beautifully undulated with nar- 

 row brownish-black and white bars ; anterior to 

 the wings is a short, broad, transverse band of 

 white. Wings brownish-gray ; the speculum in 

 the lower half violet-black, the upper bright-green, 

 changing to purple, and edged with black ; behind 

 margined with v/hite, before with reddish-white. 

 Tail brownish- gray, the feathers margined with 

 paler ; the upper coverts brownish-black, edged 

 with light yellowish-gray. Lower part of neck 

 anteriorly barred as behind. Breast yellowish- 

 white, spotted with black ; its lower part white. 

 Abdomen white, faintly barred with gray. A 

 patch of black under the tail ; the lateral tail-co- 



