BLUE-WINGED TEAL 107 



adult male, occurred near Scarborough, in November, 1851. 

 The third, also an adult male, was shot on November 23rd, 

 1879, in South Devon (Saunders). 



DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS. 



PLUMAGE. Adult male nuptial. The adult male, on the 

 whole, resembles our own bird, but the delicate pencilling of 

 the plumage is more minute. On the side of the breast and 

 lower neck there is a broad crescent-shaped band of finely 

 vermiculated greyish-white feathers ; the yellowish lines on 

 the cheeks and round the eye are less defined than are those 

 of the common Teal. 



Adult male, post-nuptial or eclipse. Somewhat similar 

 to the female plumage. 



Adult female nuptial. The plumage of the female is 

 practically the same as that of the female of the preceding 

 species. 



Adult winter, male and female. Similar to the respective 

 nuptial plumages. 



Immature, male and female. Kesembles the female 

 plumage. 



BEAK. Black. 



FEET. Bluish-grey. 



IRIDES. Brown. 



EGG. Yellowish- white : clutch, seven to twelve. 



AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 



TOTAL LENGTH 14'5 in. 



WING 7-25 



BEAK 1*5 ,, 



TARSO-METATARSUS I'l ,, 



EGG 1-8 X 1-25 in. 



BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Querquedula discors (Linnaeus). 

 Coloured Figures. Lilford, ' Coloured Figures,' vol. vii, pi. 40. 



Another extremely rare and accidental wanderer to our 

 shores. There is but one genuine record, viz., a specimen 

 shot at Dumfries in 1858. It is a male bird and is preserved 

 in the Edinburgh Museum (Saunders). 



