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Head ashy brown, slightly glossed at the tip of each feather with 
brassy; crown darkest; between the eye and bill, and partially sur- 
rounding the former, a large lunate spot of white, the horns project- 
ing backwards; breast and neck ferruginous, beautifully spotted with 
dark brown; quills, tail, and back dark brown, the latter slightly 
lunated with ferruginous; under tail coverts deep black or brown, 
on the sides a patch of white; wing coverts bright blue, lower ones 
marked with a streak of white, then with one of green ; anterior ter- 
tiaries with the outer webs blue; on the inner side of the shaft a 
streak of ferruginous; the remainder black. 
Female: length 15 inches; wing coverts as in the male; tertiaries 
and remainder brown, lunated with ferruginous; crown darker. 
ELPOCHANED, “Vedccuks cevinssedce sik Bp. 
Querquedula discors ...cs.s.e0e- Steph. in Sh. Zool. vol. 12. 
149, : 
Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 205. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 854. 
Sarcelle soucrourou — ...sseeceres Buff. Pl. Hnl. 966, mas. 
SOUCTOUTELLE 2... ssccoe. —_—_—_—_—— 403, fem. 
White-faced Duck ... ........... Catesb. Carol. 1. 100, mas. 
Blue-winged Teal ..rccccscseeeee 1. 99, fem. 
Inhabits the American Continent, from the 58th parallel to 
Guiana and the West Indies. 
PETROCYANEA CYANOPTERA. 
Petro.—Rafflesii, similis sed majora rostrum apice flavum unge et 
relegaes aterimis. 
PeTRO. similar to Rafilesii, but larger; the apex of the bill yellow; 
nail and the rest of the bill black. 
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PLES ccc ye- ox ckaka dv cwagp sas; 2 Mirddle t0€ 0.5 i donnahs b 
Deep reddish chestnut; head and neck nearly black; wings 
slightly brunneous; coverts bright blue; the breast rather lighter.in 
colour than the rest of the body; bill black, with the end yellow; ; 
nail Bee: legs orange. 
