IN. IN. 
Length sieccoruseereveese 163 LOVEE Weide a eigetnewee 1 1-10th 
HE she ten de Steet vais 13 Middle. 406: sicvcsccses aecuke 
Male: crown, back of the neck, cheeks, and sides of the neck 
brown, the latter inclining to chestnut in some specimens; a white 
stripe from the bill under each eye; lower part of the neck and breast 
whitish, marked with brown lunules; back brown, with the edges of 
the feathers lighter; scapulars brown, with a white stripe down the 
shaft of each; wing coverts blue-grey; the rump and tail brown; 
below white, undulated with dark brown on the flanks; speculum 
green; bill, tarsi, and feet lead-coloured; eyes brown. 
Fem.: brown, each feather edged with lighter; throat white; 
below yellowish white ; wings as in the male. 
PUT OCYUNERS > sas iacdeansssunaeeies Bp. 
Quer quedula Cir Ciderecerceecerees Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 148. 
TTS CLEP IED ania tins vtseun s2s%cdscnake Linn. Syst. 1. 204. 
Gmel. Syst. 1. 558. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 873. 
Anas Querquedula s.....sirvevece Linn. Syst. 1. 268-2. 
Gmel. Syst. 1. 581. 
fiau Syn. 148. 8. 
ONO ORE. eto sanansnuinincniowr Penn. Aret. Zool. 2. 576. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 6. 550. 
EA SOVCCLIO DCLE. ths skn cxaessae a Buff. Ois. 9. 208. 
-- COMIN: 5 Sedan ass cn Buff. Ois. 9. 260. 
EE POEROO or noh aed h coho s ons vasewis « Linn. Trans. vol. 4, tab. 18, 
fig. 2, 3. 
Found over the whole of Asia, the northern part of Africa, and 
Europe; visits the British Isles in May, frequenting fresh water ; 
breeds in Holland; its nest is constructed of grass, placed by the 
water side; lays from ten to twelve white eggs. 
Trachea with the tube smaller about one inch below the glottis, 
then slightly swelled, and again slightly contracted about an inch 
above the inferior larynx, from which point it gradually expands 
to the end. The inferior larynx with an osseous bulb extending 
anteriorly and on both sides, and not swelling out so abruptly as in 
the preceding genus or among the true teal. 
PETROCYANEA FRETENSIS. 
Petro. Mas.—Gula colloque anteriore pallide Badiis; dorso, abdo- 
mineque, imis caudaque, albis, nigro fasciatis; ptilis ceruleis. 
