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another on the side of the neck ; throat greenish-black ; 

 lower fore part of the neck brownish-red, spotted with black ; 

 lower parts yellowish- white, minutely undulated with black ; 

 feathers under the tail black ; fore part of back and inner 

 scapulars yellowish-grey, finely undulated with black ; outer 

 scapulars black externally, light red on the inner web ; wing- 

 coverts brownish-grey, the secondary coverts tipped with 

 reddish-white ; primary quills and coverts brownish-grey ; 

 speculum deep green, glossed with purple, and margined be- 

 hind with white ; hind part of back and tail-coverts greenish- 

 black ; tail feathers brownish-grey, except the two middle, 

 which are black. Female with the throat yellowish-white ; 

 fore-neck, part of breast, and sides, light reddish-brown, spot- 

 ted with dusky-brown ; breast and abdomen white, the latter 

 with faint brown spots ; upper parts deep brown, the feathers 

 edged with yellowish-grey ; wing-coverts brownish-grey ; the 

 speculum duller than in the male. 



Male, 20. 



Only three individuals of this species have hitherto been 

 obtained in England. Of these, one, a male, was taken in a 

 decoy, in 1771, and described and figured by Pennant. A 

 male and a female, caught in the same manner, near Maldon, 

 in Essex, in 1812, were described by Mr Vigors, and present- 

 ed by him to the Zoological Society. The species is said to 

 inhabit the northern parts of Asia. 



Anas glocitans, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 526. Anas glocitans, 

 Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 862. Anas glocitans, Temm. Man. 

 d'Ornith. iv. 533. Querquedula glocitans, Bimaculated Teal, 

 MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, v. 



249. QUERQUEDULA STREPERA. GADWALL TEAL. 



Male with the bill an inch and ten-twelfths long, eight- 

 twelfths broad toward the end, black ; scapulars and inner 

 secondaries elongated and acuminate ; middle tail-feathers 

 pointed, but not much longer than the next ; upper part of 

 the head and nape dusky, with small reddish- brown mark- 

 ings ; lower neck all round and part of the back dusky, with 

 semicircular white lines ; middle of the back, scapulars, and 

 sides finely undulated with dusky-grey and reddish-white ; 

 smaller wing-coverts grey, barred with pale reddish ; middle 

 coverts deep chestnut-red ; speculum black and white ; hind 

 part of back and lower tail-coverts bluish-black; tail grey. 

 Female with the scapulars, inner secondaries, and tail-feathers 

 less elongated; upper part of the head dusky; a lightish 



