ANATINiE - THE DUCKS — NETTION. 



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Qucrqucdiila carolineiisii, i^TWiiV.SH, Slmw's fJ.-ii. ZmA. XII. ii. 1S'2J, 128. — CoUKs, Key, 1872, 



287 , C'licck List, 1873, no. 4i»,") ; 2(1 fil. 18,^2, iiti. 715 i It. N. \V. 1871, M;'). 

 Kdlioncaivlinaifiis, IJ.viiin, H. N. Am. 18r.8, 777; Cat. N. Am. 15. ISOU, no. 57i>. — UH'OW. Ham 

 ^ N. Am. U. 1881, no. 012. 



;^ Anasamcricuiw, Vikii.i.. Eno. Meth. 1823, 155. 



I'l^'ii'K ' *' Amss}jlvaHca,\\v.\U..'\" 



Haii. North America in (jeiiLTul, brccMliiig chiefly north of the United States, migrating south 

 ;w Car as IIi)n(Iuni.s anil Ciilui. (Jrcenhuul. 



Adult male; Iluad and neok rii:Ii Lhestniit-rui'oii^ inchisin;.', a broad patch of soft dark metallic 

 j^reen on each side of the occiimt, Iroiii tlie eye (wiiicli it surrounds) down the sides of the nuiie, 

 where the two areas of the oinmsite sides touch a sliort nuchal crest of hluish-hlack. The green 

 patch bordered anteriorly and beneath by a yellowish white line, and a less distinct line of the 



webs of 

 •d with 

 Jliih. 



same bordering the base of the upper mandible, extending thence back to, and indistinctly follow- 

 ing, for a short distance, the upper anterior portion of the green ])atch. Chin and upper part of the 

 throat dull black. Front of the jugulum deep pinkish cream-color, with roundish and transversely 

 ovate sjM)ts of black. Collar round the lower neck, sides of the jugulum, sides, and Hanks, very 

 delicately and beautifully undulated with black upon a white ground ; outer scai)ulars similarly 

 waved. Sides of the bieast with a large transverse bar of plain white. Crissum rich deep cream- 

 color, bounded anteriorly, and divided medially, with velvety black ; ])ost-femoral region wavt^d 

 like the flanks ; rest of lower parts plain white, sometimes tinged with cream-color. Bitck, .scapu- 

 lars, rump, wing-coverts, primaries, and tail, plain cinereous. Outer row of .scapulars with their 

 outer webs about half velvety black bordered interiorly with a white line. Last row of coverts 

 broadly tipped with deep ochraceous ; speculum opacpie black, na'Towly tipped with white, the 

 four or five upper feathers with their outer webs richly brilliant soft metallic green, varying from 

 golden to violaceous, according to the light. Bill black ; iris brown ; feet light fleshy (horn-color 

 when dried). Adult female : Wing as in the male, but duller. Above, cinereous-dusky, variegated 

 with edgings and transverse bars of ochraceous-white. Ground-color of the head, neck, and lower 

 parts, dingy whitish, more or less tinged with ochraceous ; head and neck speckled with dusky, 

 the spots enlarged and aggregated on the pileum, so as to form the prevailing color, and also along 



