No. 24. 



Charitonetta albeola. 



Adult male. Head very dark or blackish, richly glossed 

 with purple and green, a field of white from the eye backward. 

 Back black, fading to pale gray near tail ; wings and shoulder 

 feathers principally white and black, as in picture; the long 

 wing-feathers and the tail gray. Neck, continuously with under 





parts of plumage, white, the latter shaded a little about legs and 

 tail with pale brown. Bill leaden blue, the nail and about base 

 dusky. Legs and feet very light flesh color with lavender tinge. 

 Female. Considerably smaller than male, and without the 

 full fluffy feathering of head. Plumage of upper parts brown, 



