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QUEKQUKDULA FA LC ARIA. 



Quer. Mas. — Capite brunneo ; cingulo collari guttereque purpureis. 

 Qner. Fern. — Brunnea, marginibus pennarum suturatioribus. 



FALCATED TEAL. 



Teal, with the head deep brown ; ring round the neck and throat purple. 

 Fem. brown teal, with the margins of the feathers lighter. 



IN. IN. 



Length 17 Tarsi \\ 



Bill 11 Middle toe 2 



Male : head and crown deep brown ; ring round the neck and throat brassy purple ; remainder 

 of the neck and a spot behind the upper part of the base of the bill white ; belly, breast, flanks, 

 and upper part of the back white, each feather lunulated with ashy black ; tail ashy ; upper tail 

 coverts and centre of the under ones black, laterally buff, anteriorly to which there is a black streak, 

 then a patch of white ; quills ashy brown ; tertiaries long, inner webs brown grey, outer glossy 

 green edged with light grey, the edging broader at the base ; wing spot green ; primary coverts 

 light ashy brown, lightest on the edge. 



Fem. : about half an inch shorter than the male ; brown, each feather lunulated with darker ; 

 crown dark brown ; neck light brown, streaked with dark brown ; tertiaries long ; wings and tail 

 as in the male ; coverts brown ; belly light ; legs and bill in both sexes lead coloured. 



Anas falcaria Gmel. Syst. Nat. 8. 521. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 860. 

 Falcated Duck Penn. Aret. Zool. 2. .574. 



Lath. Gen. Syn. G. 516. 

 Anas falcaria Steph. Sh. Zoo!, ml. \ii. p. 100. 



The specimens from which the above descriptions were taken are in the British Museum, and 

 were brought home by R. Reeves, Esq. from China. 



