GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 165 



line, which before the eye meets another that curves for- 

 ward and downward to the angles of the mouth ; chin, 

 brownish black, as are the feathers at the base of the 

 upper mandible. Upper parts and flanks beautifully 

 undulated with narrow brownish black and white bars ; 

 anterior to the wings is a short, broad, transverse band 

 of white ; wings brownish gray ; the speculum in the 

 lower half, violet-black, the upper, bright green, chang- 

 ing to purple, and edged with black ; behind margined 

 with white, before with reddish white ; tail brownish 

 gray, the feather margined with paler ; the upper coverts 

 brownish black, edged with light yellowish gray ; lower 

 part of the neck anteriorly barred as behind ; breast 

 yellowish white, spotted with black ; its lower part white; 

 abdomen white, faintly barred with gray ; a patch of 

 black under the tail ; the lateral tail coverts cream col- 

 ored, the larger black,with broad, white margins and tips. 

 Length to end of tail, fourteen and three-quarters 

 inches ; extent of wings 24 ; weight 10 oz. 



Adult Female. The female wants the elongated 

 crest, and differs greatly in coloring. The head and neck 

 are streaked with dark brown, and light red ; the fore 

 neck whitish ; the upper parts mottled with dark- 

 brown ; the anterior feathers barred ; the posterior 

 margined with yellowish white. The wings are nearly 

 as in the male, but the green of the speculum is less 

 extensive. The lower part of the fore neck is tinged 

 with yellowish red, and mottled with dark brown, as 

 are the sides ; the rest of the lower parts white. 



Length to end of tail, thirteen and three quarters 

 inches; extent of wings, twenty-two and a half; 

 weight 10 oz. 



