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 ANAS CAROLINENSIS— STEPH. 



AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 



Grccn-Wingcd Teal, Anas crccca, Wils. 



Atias crcccii, Donii|). 



American Teal, Aii.ts crcrca, Niitt. 



Anas crecca, Grecii-Wnged Teal, Sw. &. Rich. 



Green- NViigcil Teal, Anas trcciu, And. 



Spec/Jic Character — Bill black, short and narrow, the outer wets 

 of the first five secondaries black, tipped with white, the next five 

 plain rich green, forming the speculum, secondary coverts tipped 

 with pale reddish buff. Adult male with a dusky band at the base 

 of the bill, of which color is the throat ; a faint white line under the 

 eye; upper part of the neck, sides of the head and the crown cKest- 

 nut-brown : a broad band of bright green, conr.nencing behind the 

 eye, passing down on the nape, where it is separated by the termi- 

 nal poition of the crest, which is dark blue; lower part of ib.e hind- 

 neck, a siTiall spaco oa the fo:e-ne:k, and the sides of the body un- 

 dulated with lines of black and white: lower portion of the fore- 

 neck and upper part of the breast, reddish-brown, distinctly marked 

 with round spots of brownish-black: abdomen ycllowish-whitc, 

 faintly undulated with dusky ; a patch of black under the tail: outer 

 jail-feathers buff, inner white, with a large spot of black on the in- 

 ner webs ; tail brown margined with whitish, (lie outer featiiers 

 greenish-black. Upper parts brown, faintly undulated with black 

 and white, oa the fore pirt of the back ; outer scapulars similar, with a 

 portion of their outer w^bs black ; lesser wing-coverts blown ash , 

 greater coverts tipped v»'ith reddish-cream. The first five seconda. 

 ries velvety-black ; the ne.xt five bright groan, forming the specu- 

 lum, which is bounded above by pale reddish bufl", and on each side 

 by deepi)lack ; before the wing, a transverse, broad, white band. 



Female smaller. Head and neck strenked with brownish-white 

 and dusky, darker on the upper part of the head. Lower parts red. 

 dish-brown, the feathers margined with dusky, upper parts dusky 

 brown, the feathers margined and spotted with pale reddish-white 

 without the chestnut red, and the green on the head, the black patch 



