116 BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 
the hind part of the back greenish-brown, the feathers edged with 
paler. The smaller wing-coverts of a rich ultramarine blue, silky with 
almost metallic lustre. Alula, primary coverts, and primary quills, 
greyish-brown, edged with pale bluish ; outer secondaries of the same 
colour, those of the speculum duck-green, changing to blue and bronze, 
with a narrow line of white along their terminal margin; the inner 
greenish-black on the outer web, greenish-brown on the inner, with a 
central line and narrow external margin of pale reddish-buff, the more 
elongated scapulars similar, but some of them margined with greenish- 
blue. Secondary coverts brown, with their terminal portion white. 
Tail-feathers chocolate brown, slightly glossed with green, their mar- 
gins buffy. The lower parts are pale reddish-orange, shaded on the 
breast with purplish-red, and thickly spotted with black, the number 
of roundish or elliptical spots on each feather varying from ten to 
twenty-five, those on the upper and hind parts of the sides running in- 
to transverse bars. Axillar feathers, some of the lower wing;coverts, 
and a patch on the side of the rump pure white; lower tail-coverts 
brownish-black. 
Length to end of tail 16 inches, to end of claws 144, to end of wings 
also 147; extent of wings 314; wing from flexure 7,4, ; tail 33%; bill 
along the back 13, from frontal process to tip 11; tarsus 1,% ; first toe 
and claw ;’z ; middle toe and claw 1}$ ; outer toe and claw 1,5. Weight 
124 oz. 
Adult Female. Plate CCCXIII. Fig. 2. 
Bill greenish-dusky ; iris hazel ; feet of a duller yellow than those 
of the male, the head and neck are pale dull buff, longitudinally marked — 
with brownish-black lines, which are broader and darker on the top of 
the head ; the fore part of the cheeks and the throat whitish, without 
markings. The upper parts are dark brown, the feathers margined 
with brownish-white ; the smaller wing-coverts coloured as in the male, 
but less brilliantly ; no blue on the scapulars, which are also less elon- 
gated. On the lower parts, the feathers are dusky brown, broadly mar- 
gined with light brownish-grey, of which there is a streak or spot in 
the centre. The axillary feathers, and some of the lower wing-coverts 
are white, but the patch of that colour so conspicuous in the male is 
wanting. 
Length to end of tail 15 inches, to end of wings 143, to end of claws 
