STRANGERS OF THE AUTUMN. 



229 



SPECIES. 



POINTS OF DISTINCTION. 



Red-breasted Goose 



Ruddy Sheldrake . 



Red-crested Pochard 



American Teal 



American Wigeon . 



Buffel-headed Duck 



Forehead black; throat and breast 

 chestnut ; white spot between eye 

 and bill. Young have chestnut 

 and black parts of plumage paler 

 and browner; pale margins 

 to wing coverts. Length 22 

 inches. 



General colour buff, palest on crown; 

 wing coverts white; speculum 

 green; black ring round neck. 

 In female this ring is absent. 

 Length 25 inches. 



Crested ; head and neck bright 

 chestnut; speculum and axillaries 

 white; bill and legs vermilion. 

 Female uncrested, crown dark 

 brown; cheeks, neck, and sides 

 of throat gray; bill and legs 

 reddish brown. Length 21 inches. 



Broad white crescent on each side 

 of breast in front of shoulder. 

 Females indistinguishable from 

 female Common Teal. Length 

 13 to 15 inches. 



Broad green stripe on side of head, 

 from eye to neck; axillaries white; 

 ground colour of back and flanks 

 vinaceous. Female, black specu- 

 lum, shot with green; axillaries 

 white. Length 20 inches. 



Similar to Golden Eye, but smaller, 

 and the white patch on side of 

 head behind the eye instead of 

 before it. Female with similar 

 white patch. Length 14 to 15 

 inches. 



