133. BLACK DUCK. 22 in. 



(Anas rubripes.) 

 Dark brown mottled with rusty, lighter below; wing-bar 

 violet-purple edged with black; throat with few markings; 

 legs brownish; bill greenish-black; in flight white wing lining 

 shows; a suspicious pond and swamp duck often active at 

 night; call, "quack". Fe lale Mallard. 



139. GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 14^ in. 



(Nettion carolinensis.) 

 Gray, sides and shoulders finely lined with black; white 

 bar in front of wing; head and throat brown with a broad 

 green stripe from eye to back of head ending in a small tuft; 

 wings, gray-brown with brilliant green and black wing- patch, 

 buff -bordered; breast, pale chestnut speckled with black; 

 buffy patches on sides of tail; white belly. Female: 

 mottled brown; top of head and back of neck dark brown; 

 sides of head and neck buff, finely streaked; throat buff, 

 unmarked; no green on head nor white bar in front of wings; 

 wing-patch as in male but smaller. Blue- winged Teal. 

 140. BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 15 in. 



(Querquedula discors.) 



Back and underparts thickly mottled brownish and black, 

 lightest below; head slaty with purplish gloss; crescent- 

 shaped white stripe in front of eye; shows blue on bend of wing, 

 followed by white bar and bright green wing-patch; white 

 patch on sides of tail; bill black. Female: dusky-brown; 

 black on top of head; streaked and whitish on neck and sides 

 of head; throat and about base of bill, white; back and under- 

 parts mottled and spotted; wing shows blue but no green; 

 no white stripes on head. Green-winged Teal. 

 143. PINTAIL. 27 in. 

 (Dafila acuta.) 



Head and throat brown, darkest on top; long, swan-like 

 neck, black above, finely waved white and dusky on back 

 and sides; long middle tail-feathers, black; white below with 

 a conspicuous curved white stripe running up sides of neck 

 to head and ending in a point; bronzy patch on wings. 

 Female: tail shorter but pointed; dusky, everywhere 

 streaked; no white stripe on neck; whitish wing-bars; smaller 

 than male. Old-squaw. 



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