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CYANOPTERUS CIRCIA. 



Cyan. Mas. — Undulatus brunneo et albo; ptilis azureis-cinereis. 



Cyan. Fern. — Brannea. marginibus pennarum suturatioribus. 



GARGANEY TEAL. 



Male teal, undulated with brown and white ; lesser coverts blueish grey. 



Fern, brown teal, with the margin of the feathers lighter ; coverts as in the male. 



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Length 16^ Tarsi . . , 1 1-iOth 



Bill H Middle toe 1| 



Male : crown, back of the neck, cheeks, and sides of the neck brown, the latter inclining to 

 chesnut in some specimens ; a white stripe from the bill under each eye ; lower part of the neck and 

 breast whitish, marked with brown lunulcs ; back brown, with the edges of the feathers lighter; 

 scapulars brown, with a white stripe down the shaft of each ; wing coverts blue grey ; the rump 

 and tail brown ; below white, undulated with dark brown on the flanks ; speculum green ; bill, 

 tarsi, and feet lead coloured; eyes brown. 



Fern. : brown, each feather edged with lighter ; throat w T hite ; below yellowish white ; wings 

 as in the male. 



Querquedula circia Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 143. 



. /. as circia Linn. Syst. 1 . 204. 



Gmel. i'y*t. 1. 553. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 873. 

 Anas Querquedula Linn. Syst. 1 . 263-2. 



Gmel. Syst. 1. 531. 



RaiiSyn. 148. 8. 

 Garganey Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 57<;. 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 6. 550. 



Le Sarcelle d'etc Huf. Ois. 9. 21 18. 



Lr Sarcelle coninnui Buff. Ois. 9. 260. 



Trachea Linn. Trm,*. ml. 1. tab. 1 3,fy. 2—3. 



Found over the whole of Asia, the northern part of Africa, and Europe ; visits the British isles in 

 May, frequenting fresh water ; breeds in Holland ; its nest is constructed of grass placed by the 

 water side ; lays from ten to twelve white etrsrs. 



Trachea with the tube smaller about an inch below the glottis, then slightly swelled, and 

 again slightly contracted about one inch above the inferior larynx, from which point it gradually 

 expands to the end. The inferior larynx with an osseous bulb extending anteriorly and on both 

 sides, and not swelling out so abruptly as in the preceding genus or among the true teal. 



