79 
FALCATED TEAL. 
| Teal, with the head deep brown; ring round the neck and throat 
purple. 
Fem. brown teal, with the margins of the feathers lighter. 
. IN. IN. 
Length. ive. Sonus Geant 17 POTED. sees dvens MAES ELS 3 
ii icagoneyctesak rite esis tes 15) Middle toe... .. Stasesans 2 
Male: head and crown deep brown; ring round the neck and 
throat brassy purple; remainder of the neck and a spot behind the 
upper part of the base of the bill white; belly, breast, flanks, and 
upper part of the back white, each feather lunulated with ashy black; 
tail ashy; upper tail coverts and centre of the under ones black, 
laterally buff, anteriorly to which there is a black streak, then a patch 
of white; quills ashy brown ; tertiaries long, inner webs brown-grey, 
outer glossy green, edged with light grey, the edging broader at the 
base ;- wing-spot green; primary coverts light ashy brown, lightest 
on the edge. 
_ Fem.: about half an inch shorter than the male; brown, each 
feather lunulated with darker; crown dark brown; neck light brown, 
streaked with dark brown; tertiaries long; wings and tail as in the 
male; coverts brown ; belly light; legs and bill in both sexes lead- 
colour. 
AMET FOLCOTUD ccs ounsvecccstivesss® Gmel. Syst. Nat. 8. 521. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 860. 
PCAC TIUC ba coa rs ti vials Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 574. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 516. 
ANGE SQNCUVIEs Fs scanicsnevts evista Steph. Sh. Zool. vol. xii. 
. p. 100. 
The specimens from which the above descriptions were taken are 
in the British Museum, and were brought home by R. Reeves, Esq., 
from China. 
QUERQUEDULA ERYTHRORHYNCHA. 
Quer.—Brunnea, ptilis atris, tectrices majores speculoque xneis. 
