THE BLUE- WINGED TEAL. 249 



thickly spotted with roundish or elliptical black spots ; 

 axillary feathers, lower wing coverts, and a patch on the 

 side of the rump, pure white ; lower tail coverts brown- 

 ish black. 



These, with the exception of the Buffel-IIeaded Duck, 

 are the two smallest ; with the exception of the Summer 

 Duck, the two loveliest; with the exception of the Can~ 

 vas-Back the two best of the duck tribe. "Well met be 

 they, whether on the board or in the field shot be they 

 with No. 4 eaten roast, underdone, with cayenne and a 

 squeeze of a lemon, lubricated with red wine, quantum 

 suf. 



