132 ANA.TID.E. 



Description. Above grey, with narrow black cross bands, which are more 

 numerous and narrower on the rump ; top of head smoky brown, sides of head 

 and throat white ; abdomen whitish, tinged with ochraceous and spotted with 

 black on the breast, more whitish and with numerous cross bands on the belly ; 

 wings externally greyish brown ; speculum purplish green, margined with 

 white above and below, also with a subterminal black band ; flanks distinctly 

 barred across with black and white ; bill black, with an orange blotch each side 

 at the base of the mandible ; feet hazel : whole length 16'5 inches, wing 7'6, 

 tail 3*4. Female similar, but colour duller and wing-speculum not so bright. 



Hob. Paraguay, Argentina, Patagonia, and Chili. 



This prettily variegated blue-grey Teal with its strongly marked bill is 

 perhaps the most abundant of the genus in the Argentine Republic, 

 especially in the southern portion. It is resident, and unites in much 

 larger flocks than any other bird of this group in the country. Its 

 note when disturbed or flying is very peculiar, resembling in sound the 

 muffled stridulating of the mole-cricket. Durnford found it common 

 and breeding at Baradero. 



348. QUERQUEDULA TORQUATA (VieilL). 

 (RING-NECKED TEAL.) 



Querquedula torquata, Sd. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 129; iid. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 635 

 (Buenos Ayres), et 1876, p. 389 j Burm. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 367 (Parana). 



Description. Above earthy brown ; head above and neck, which expands into 

 a half-collar, together with the lesser wing-coverts, lower back, and tail above, 

 black ; scapulars pure chestnut ; wings brownish black, with a large white 

 blotch on the coverts of the secondaries, which are themselves bronzy green : 

 beneath, sides of head and throat dirty white streaked with brown; breast 

 tinged with rosy red and sparingly spotted with black ; belly and flanks white, 

 very narrowly barred with grey ; crissum black, with a white blotch on each 

 side: whole length 14-0 inches, wing 7*2, tail 2-7. Female: brown; super- 

 ciliaries and stripe on each side of the head with the throat and sides of the 

 neck white : beneath white, banded across with brown ; wings and tail black ; 

 secondaries bronzy green; wings with a white blotch as in the male; bill 

 reddish ; feet brown. 



Hab. Paraguay and Argentina. 



This beautiful Duck, for our first knowledge of which we are indebted 

 to Azara, is rather scarce in collections. Azara described the two 

 somewhat dissimilar sexes under different names, the male being his 

 Pato collar negro, and the female his Pato ceja blanca. 



In the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres the Ring-necked Teal is 



