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are narrow, whitish-yellow lines, which meet in front of 

 the eye, and are then prolonged as a single line to the base 

 of the beak and chin ; back, scapulars, and wings, finely 

 pencilled with grey and white ; lower back, and upper tail- 

 coverts, very dark brown, latter edged with rufous ; tail, 

 ash-brown ; under tail-coverts, nearly black in the centre, 

 and buff-colour on each side ; wing-coverts, brownish, with 

 a brilliant lustrous-green and purple-black speculum which 

 is edged with white ; chin, black ; front of neck, warm buff, 

 spotted with black ; breast and abdomen, white ; flanks, 

 pencilled like the back. 



Adult male, post-nuptial or eclipse. From July until 

 October the drake assumes a plumage somewhat like that 

 of the female. 



Adult female nuptial. The general plumage of the 

 female consists of a mottling of brown and buff, the latter 

 colour showing chiefly as edgings to the feathers of the 

 upper parts ; on the side of the neck and throat the buff 

 predominates ; on the top of the head the brown is more 

 marked. 



Adult winter, male and female. Similar to the respective 

 nuptial plumages. 



Immature, male and female. Almost similar to the 

 female, but the brown on the breast and abdomen is darker, 

 and more mottled. 



BEAK. Blackish-brown. 



FEET. Dull greyish-brown. 



IRIDES. Brown. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH ... ... ... 14*5 in. 



WING 7-25 



BEAK T5 ,, 



TARSO-METATABSUS 1 ,, 



EGG 1-8 X 1'2 in. 



AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Nettion carolinense 

 (J. F. Gmelin). 



Coloured Figures. Lilford, ' Coloured Figures,' vol. vii, pi. 38. 



There are three records of this extremely rare visitor. 

 The first was shot at Hants, prior to 1840. The second, an 



