RIVER DUCKS. 



101 



moss, 

 bird, 

 round, 

 places 



Teal. 



b*. Cheeks and under partachcHtnut-rufoufl. 141. Cinnamon Teai,( a ad.). 

 c>. Cheeks finely streaked with Muekisli. 

 c'. Under purtt* whitish, soiuftiiues washed with brownisli, streaked or 



spotted with hhiekish 140. lii.i K-wiMitu Tkal 9 . 



c*. Under parts lieavily wash<.d witli chestnut-rufous and mottled with 



black 141. Cinnamon Teal ». 



II, Wing over 8-50. 

 A. Belly white or grayisli white, not conspicuously streaked or spotted. 

 o. Whole head sliinin;^ dark j^recn 132. Mam.aki* ( S ud.). 



b. Center of head white or whitish, a large streak behind the eye. 



137. Baldpate ( S ad.). 



c. Throat white, crown green or grayish greon, tips of primaries greenish. 



144. Wooii Duck. 



d. Throat blackish, center of crown buffv, rest of head rufous. 



I'M. Wii)iiKi)N ( (J ad.). 



e. Throat and side-i of head olive-brown, darker on the crown. 



14.}. I'lXT/Mi, { 9 ad.). 

 /. Throat, crown, and sides of head more or less finely streaked with 

 blackish. 



y*. Wing-coverts with more or less chestnut .... 135. Gauwall. 

 y». No cliestnut in wing-coverts. 

 </*. Axillars* and sides barred with black .... 143. Pintail 9 . 

 g*. Axillars white or speckled with black, sides plain brownish. 



137. Baldpate 9. 

 g*. Axillars white, sides thickly spotted or barred with Vilack. 



13."). (iaowall 9 . 

 £. Under parts conspicuously mottled, spotted, or streaked, or feathers 

 margined with chestnut-rufous. 



a. With white in wing-coverts. 



a>. Lesser wing-coverts ashy blue 142. Siioveler9. 



6>. Lesser wing-coverts l>rownish gray, bordered witli white or tipped 



with black. 



/A Speculum + purple 132. Mallard 9. 



fts. Speculum gray and white . 130. (Jadwall 9 . 



b. No white in wihg-covcrts. 



a. Throat fulvous or hurty witluiut streaks. . . 1.34. Flouida I)i-ck, 



b. Throat finely streaked with i)lack 133. Black Dick. 



C. Belly fhestnut 142. SnovELEit S . 



13S. Anas boSChaS Linn. >{ALLAiti> (see Fig. 17, a). A<1. S .— 

 Whole head and iliroat irl"ssy greenish or bluish black; a white ring around 

 the neck; breast rich chestnut; belly grayish white, finely marked witli wavy 

 black lines; under tail-coverts black ; Mpjier back ilark grayish brown ; rutnp 

 and upper tail-coverts black; longer upper tail-coverts recurved; speculum 

 rich purple, bordered at the lu.se aiul tip by narrow bands (A'hiark and ir/n'fi'. 

 Ad. 9 . — Top and sides of head streaked with fuscous and butl'y ; back fuscous. 



e. 



ad.). 



• See Fig. 64. 



+ A colored patch in the wing. 



