BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 



1411,03 discors Linn. 



The adult male has the top of the head and the chin 

 black; a white crescent-shaped band, edged with black, 

 extends from the forehead above the eye down to be- 

 low the bill; the rest of the head is dark lead-color, 

 sometimes with glossy purplish reflections. The long 

 scapulars running back from the shoulder are black, 

 streaked with buff. The back and upper parts gener- 

 ally, dark brown and dull black, spotted, barred and 

 streaked with buff. The lower back is dull brown ; the 

 smaller wing-coverts at the bend of the wing sky-blue, 

 as are also some of the long shoulder feathers. A wide 

 bar of white across the wing, above the speculum, which 

 is green, separates the blue and the green. There is a 



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