COROMANDEL BERNICLE. 



(Bernicla Coromandeliana.) 



BE. alba, vertice dorso alls caudaque ceneo-fuscis, collo maculis 

 striisgue nigricantibus, macula alarum alba. 



White Bernicle with the vertex, back, wings, and tail brassy- 

 brown, the neck with dusky spots and stripes, a white spot on 

 the wings. 



Anas Coromandeliana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 522. Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 2. 875. 



Sarcelle de Coromandel. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 274. Buff. 

 PL Enl. 949, 950. 



Coromandel Teal. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 556. 



A SMALL species : beak dusky : top of the head 

 black : the rest of it and the neck white, speckled 

 with dusky black : the lower part of the neck trans- 

 versely striated with fine dusky black lines : the upper 

 parts of the wings and body are brown, glossed with 

 green and reddish : the breast and belly are white : 

 sides of the vent rust-coloured : legs black. The 

 female is said to differ in "having the white on the 

 under parts mixed with grey, and the lines on the 

 lower part of the neck broader and less distinct : the 

 prevailing hue of the plumage is less brilliant than in 

 the male. Inhabits Coromandel. 



