ANATIN.E — THE DTICKS — QUERQUEDULA. 



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reddish, spotted witli l.lack. ;/.(/). Noilh America generally, but chiefly the Eastern 

 Province. 

 2. Q. cyanoptera. Adult male: Head, neck, and Icnver parts rich uniform chestnvit, the 

 abdomen duller (sometimes dusky), the iiih-um bkiekish. Hub. Western America, from 

 ChiU to Washington Territory. 



a#ik#:J 



Q. discors. 



Querquedula discors. 



THE BLTTE-WINGED TEAL. 



Ana.s discors, Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 205 (based on Querq. americ. variegata, Catesu. 100; 

 Buiss. VI. 452. — Qii-erq. americ. fiisca, Catesb. 99. — Qacrq. virginiana, Brj.ss. VI. 455). — 

 WiLS. Am. Orn. VIII. 1814, 74, pi. 68, iig. 4. — AuD. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 111, pi. 313 ; Synop. 

 1839, 282 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 287, pi. 393. 



Anas (Boschns) discors, Sw. & EiCH. F. B. A. II. 1831, 444. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 397. 



Querquedula disccn-s, STEriiEN.s, Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 1824, 149. — Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 

 779 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 581. — OouES, Key, 1872, 287 ; Check List, 1873, no. 496 ; 2d 

 cd. 18S2, no. 716 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 566. — Einow. Noni. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 609. 



SarceUc rndle de Cayenne, dilc Ic Soucrourou, Buff. PI. Eid. 966 (^ ad.). 



Hab. North America in general, but chiefly the Eastern Province ; north to Alaska, south to 

 Ecuador, and throughout West Indies. Accidental in Europe. 



Sp. Char. Adult male: Head and neck dull 

 plumbeous, slightly glossed with lavender-pui'ple on 

 the side of the occiput and nape, and marked in front 

 of the eyes by a large, somewhat crescentic, patch c.f 

 white, extending entirely across the anterior portion 

 of the head ; pileum, chin, and feathers bordering the 

 white patches, blackish ; lower parts pale reddish, 

 thickly spotted with black, the ci-issum imiform black. 

 Back and anterior scapulars duskj', marked with con- 

 centric or U-shaped bars of pale reddish bufi' ; lesser 

 wing-coverts and outer webs of some of the longer 

 scapulars pale blue ; middle coverts white for the 

 exposed portion, forming a bar across the wing ; 

 speculum bronzy green, dusky terminally, with a 



very narrow white tip ; tertials black, with a central j^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ , 



stripe of bufi' ; a wliite patch at the base of the tail 



on each side ; axilUirs immaculate pure white. Bill nnil^rni black ; iris brown ; feet yellowish. 

 Adult female : Wings, only, as in tl]c male ; upper jiarts dusky, the feathers bordered with dull 



