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sides of head. Female : Head and neck dull whit- 

 ish, streaked with dusky. 



30. Green-winged Teal. 



Length about 15 inches. Bill about 1J inches 

 long. Head and upper neck chestnut-rufous, with 

 patch of bright metallic green from eye backward. 

 Female : Head, neck and lower parts brownish- 

 white, spotted with dusky. 



31. Blue-winged Teal. 



Length about 16 inches. Bill about 1J inches 

 long. Head and neck plumbeous, with crescent- 

 shaped patch of white in front of eyes. Lower 

 parts pale chestnut, spotted with black. Female : 

 Brownish-white and buff, spotted with dusky. 



32. Shoveller. 



Length about 21 inches. Bill about 2} inches 

 long, over 1 inch broad at end. Head and neck 

 dull metallic green, breast white, rest of lower parts 

 chestnut. Female : Head and neck brownish-white, 

 streaked with dusky, lower parts similar, spotted 

 with dusky. 



33. Pintail. 



Male : Length about 30 inches. Bill about 2 

 inches long. Middle tail-feathers about 9 inches 

 long. Female : Length about 23 inches. Middle 



