MEXICAN TEAL. 153 



Brown Teal with the head in front., the throat, and the upper 

 part of the juguluin white, the abdomen white with black 

 lunules, the quills and tail-feathers slate-colour. 



Anas Manillensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 523. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 

 875. 



Sarcelle de 1'Isle de Lu9on. Sonner. Voy. Ind. 91. pi. 54. 



Manilla Teal. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 557. 



A SMALL species : beak black : the front and sides 

 of the head and throat white : the neck, breast, and 

 wing-coverts reddish-brown : the back yellowish : the 

 feathers edged with black : the quills and tail slaty- 

 black : the feathers of the belly white, with black 

 edges : the legs blackish. Inhabits Manilla, 



MEXICAN TEAL. 



(Querquedula Novae Hispaniae.) 



Qu. alba nigro maculata, capitejulvo nigricante riridi-caruleoque 

 rario, tectricibus alarum crissoque cceruleis, macula inter ro- 

 strum et ocidumjasciaque alarum alba. 



White Teal spotted with black, with the head fulvous, varied 

 with dusky and blue-green, the wing-coverts and vent blue, 

 a spot between the beak and eyes, and a fascia on the wing 

 white. 



Anas Novae Hispaniae. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 525. Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. 2. 868. 



Querquedula Mexicana. Briss. Orn. 6. 458. 



Toltecoloctli, Metzcanahachtli. Rail, Syn. 175. 



Sarcelle du Mexique. Buff". Hist. Nat. Ois. 9. 285. 



Mexican Duck. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 539. 



