66 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Axillars, white with dark shafts; no white shoulder patch; head, speckled (female). 



Anas americana. American Widgeon. Baldpate. 



See No. 94. 



Axillars, grayish white; head, brown, not speckled; stripe of white on sides of 

 neck; tail, pointed; middle feathers, long (male). Dafila acnta. Pintail Duck. 



See No. 100. 



Section 2. Hind toe, without membraneous lobe or flap ; 



belly, not white. 



Speculum, bluish purple edged with white; head, green ; 



a white ring around neck; hreast, chestnut; belly, grayish white; 

 feet, orange red; axillars, white (male). 



Anas boschas. Mallard Duck. 

 See No. 89. 



Anas boschas. 



Belly, white, showing more or less brown spots ; axillars, white ; bill, less than .90 wide 

 at widest part; speculum, black and white (female). Anas strepera. Gadwall. 



See No. 92. 



Speculum, bluish purple, edged with white 

 and black; greater wing coverts, with broad band 

 of white; head, tawny brown, streaked with dark 

 brown ; belly, pale buff, mottled with brown ; feet, 

 orange red; axillars, white (female). 



Anas boschas. Mallard Duck. 

 See No. 89. 



Anas boschas. 



Speculum, purplish blue; no white baud on greater wing coverts; head and throat, 

 streaked ; throat, not buff, no black spot at base of bill ; feet, olive (sometimes red) ; axillars, 

 white ; Eastern North America. Anas obscura. Black Duck. Dusky Duck. 



See No. 90. 



Speculum, purplish blue ; no white band on greater wing coverts ; head, pale brown ; 

 upper throat, buff, not streaked ; bill, yellowish olive ; nail of bill and spot at base, black ; 

 feet, pale orange red ; axillars, white. Florida species occasionally observed on Gulf coast to 

 Louisiana. Anas fulmgula. Florida Black Duck. Florida Dusky Duck. 



See No. 91. 



