170 ANATIN^S. QUERQUEDULA. 



streak over the eye; the upper parts blackish-brown, the 

 feathers edged with reddish ; the lower parts light reddish, 

 marked with oblong spots of grevish-brown. 



Male, 21, 34, 10 T , 1^, 1^, l$f, T *,. Female, 19, 30. 



The Gadwall can scarcely be considered as a regular win- 

 ter visitant, it being very seldom met with near the eastern 

 coasts of England, and that chiefly in spring; nor has it 

 hitherto occurred in Scotland. It is said to be very abundant 

 in Holland, and to be extensively dispersed over the conti- 

 nent. It also occurs in North America. 



Gadwall. Grey. 



Anas strepera, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 200. Anas strepera, 

 Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 859. Anas strepera, Temm. Man. 

 d'Ornith. ii. 837. Querquedula strepera, Gadwall Teal, 

 MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, v. 



250. QUERQUEDULA CAUDACUTA. PINTAIL TEAL. 



Male with the bill two inches and two-twelfths long, nine- 

 twelfths broad toward the end, black with the sides toward 

 the base light blue ; scapulars and inner secondaries elon- 

 gated and acuminate ; middle tail-feathers long and tapering 

 to a fine point ; head and throat dusky-brown ; a longitudinal 

 band of greenish-black on the hind-neck, and two white bands 

 continuous with the white of the lower part ; back and sides 

 finely undulated with grey and white ; smaller wing-coverts 

 grey; speculum green and black, margined anteriorly with 

 red and posteriorly with white ; tail grey, middle feathers 

 brownish-black ; lower tail-coverts black, the outer partially 

 white. Female with the scapulars, inner secondaries, and 

 tail-feathers less elongated ; the head and neck light reddish, 

 streaked with dusky; the upper parts blackish-brown, the 

 feathers edged and variously barred with reddish-white ; the 

 lower parts yellowish- white, marked with oblong spots of 

 greyish-brown. 



Male, 25, 35, 11^, 2&, l, 1H, iV Female, 21, 33. 



This elegantly-formed and beautifully-coloured species is 

 not uncommon in winter and spring in some parts of Eng- 

 land, but is of very rare occurrence in the south of Scotland, 

 and has not been met with in its northern islands. It is ex* 

 tensively dispersed over the continents of Europe and Asia, 

 and not less so over that of North America. 



Pintail Duck. Winter Duck. 



Anas acuta, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 202. Anas acuta, Lath. 

 Ind. Ornith. ii. 864. Anas acuta, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. ii. 



