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white ; the head and neck spotted, and minutely streaked with dark and light brown ; wing spot 

 bright green, margined on every side but the upper with a band of white ; wing coverts, quills, and 

 tail blue slate-coloured, the latter with each feather edged with much lighter; legs reddish brown. 

 Female similar, but rather smaller. 



Querquedula capensis Smith, Cat. S. Afrie. Mus. 



Inhabits Southern Africa, and brought home by Dr. Smith, by whom it will be figured in bi& 

 forthcoming work on South African Zoology. 



QUERQUEDULA HOTTENTOTA. 



Quer. Mas. — Brunneus, uiaiginibus peiinamm sutuiatioribus ; tectricibus caudse juguloque pallide bruii- 



neis, illo atro fasciato. 



Quer. Feru. — Mari simDis, sed tectricibus cauda? toto corpori sunilibus. 



HOTTENTOT TEAL. 



Male, brown teal, with the margins of the feathers lighter; the tail coverts and throat light 

 brown ; the latter fasciated with black. 



Fern, like the male, but with the quill feathers like the rest of the body. 



Length 14± Tarsi 1 



Bill 1| Middle toe 1| 



Male; umber brown, with the edges of the feathers lighter ; the crown, occiput, and quills 

 dark brown ; chin, throat, cheeks, rump, and under tail coverts light brown, the latter narrowly 

 barred with darker ; breast and lower part of the neck and under surface darker than on the rump ; 

 the abdomen barred with black ; speculum and secondaries bright brassy green, the former edged 

 posteriorly with black, then with white; coverts brown, slightly glossed will) brassy; tail dark 

 brown. 



Fern.: similar to the male, but with the markings generally not so distinct, and the whole 

 plumage below tighter; legs in both sexes brown ; bill lead coloured, with the nail horn colour. 



Querquedula Hottentota Smith, < 'at. S. Afrie. Mum. 



Brought home by Dr. Smith from the western coast of South Africa, near the Orange river; 



cimen i* also in our collection, but we are not aware from what locality. 



