103. THE ANDAMAN DUCK. 



Polionetta albigularis, (HUME).* 



Primaries uniformly black. 



Under wing-coverts black, with a median 

 white patch. 



Axillaries white. 



Speculum black, divided into two 

 portions by a longitudinal streak of 

 metallic green or coppery bronze. 



Sexes alike. 

 VERNACULAR NAMES : None known. 



THE Andaman Duck, or, as Messrs. 

 Hume and Marshall term it, the Oceanic 

 Teal, in the belief that this species had 

 a very wide distribution, ranging from the 

 Andamans to New Zealand, is strictly 

 confined, not only to the Andaman 

 Islands, but apparently to a very small 

 portion of this group only. Mr. Hume 

 discovered this Duck in 1873 during his 

 memorable voyage to the Andamans, and 



* Nettion albigulare of the British Museum 

 Catalogue. 



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