SOUTH GEORGIAN TEAL 
^iV^S GEORGICA Gmelin 
(Plate 37) 
Synonymy 
Anas georgica Gmelin, Linne’s Systema Naturae, ed. 13, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 516, 1788. 
Tadorna georgica Stephens, General Zool., vol. 12, pt. 2, p. 76, 1824. 
Anas xanfhorhyncha Forster, leones Inedit., pi. 71; Deseriptiones Animalium, 
p. 342 (nee p. 45), 1844. 
Querquedula xanthorhyncha Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, vol. 43, 
p. 650, 1856. 
Querquedula eatoni Cabanis {nec Sharpe), Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 32, p. 254, 1884. 
Querquedula antartica Cabanis {sic), Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 36, p. 118, pi, 1, 1888. 
Vernacular Names 
English: South Georgian Teal, Georgian Duck. 
DESCRIPTION 
Adult IVIale: Very similar to Anas flavirostris but there is no iridescent green band on the inner side 
of the speculum although the black part of the speculum may have a greenish cast. The whole lower 
surface is darker, browner and more uniform. The under tail-coverts are dark brown, with brown 
edges, and not gray or buff. The mantle is nearly uniform dark brown, and there is no black any- 
where except along the inner web of the tertials. The top of the head is browner than in Anas 
flavirostris and streaked longitudinally instead of being barred. The tail is very long and pointed, 
120 mm. instead of 90 or 100. 
This species also resembles the South American Pintail {Anas spinicauda) from which it may be 
told by its smaller size and the darker color of the lower parts and the mantle. The head is very 
nearly of the same color as in that species, except that the chin and throat are more thickly spotted. 
Wing very similar to that of Anas spinicauda. 
Iris dark brown. Culmen, nail and distal border of maxilla, black; remainder of top of bill slaty 
blue; side of maxilla Naples yellow, becoming greenish where it blends with the blue tip. Legs and 
feet olive green mottled with sooty brown (Murphy, 1916). 
Wing 217 mm.; bill 34; tarsus 37. 
Adult Female: Distinguishable only by the dull speculum and slightly smaller size (Murphy, 1916). 
Immatube Specimens: Same general color as adults (Lonnberg, 1906). 
Young in Down: Head above and the back of the neck reddish brown; lower part of the back red- 
dish brown from the wing-rudiment to the hip and farther back a yellow stripe. Lower part of body 
a greenish lemon-yellow, somewhat more brown on upper breast. Iris dark brown, feet and webs 
olive-grayish green with a light yellow-brown bar. Another description by the same writer (von der 
