108. THE WIGEON. 



Mareca penelope, (LINNAEUS). 



Outer web of the primaries blackish ; 



inner web drab, with a blackish tip. 

 Axillaries white, mottled with brown. 

 Wing over nine inches in length. 

 Speculum black and metallic green ; or 



entirely brownish ; followed in either 



case by a single quill, the outer web 



of which is white. 

 Bill bluish, with a black tip ; narrower 



near the tip than at the base. 



MALE : Head chestnut ; under tail- 

 coverts black. 



FEMALE : Head marked with fulvous 

 and brown ; under tail-coverts streaked 

 with brown. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Pea-san, Patari, 

 Pharia, Chota-Lalsir, Hind. ; Parow, 

 Sind. ; Cheyun, Nepal ; Ade, Adla, 

 Ratnagiri. 



THE Wigeon is a winter visitor to the 

 Indian Empire, being found in more or 

 less abundance all over the peninsula of 



