ANATIB^ — ANATIN^ : BIVEB DUCKS. 



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Analysis of Subgenera and Species. 

 Nettium. Head sub-crested. Bill very narrow ; nail about \ its tip. Keentrance of feathers on sides of 

 culmenin advance of base of bill below. Head and neck cliestnut, with a broad glossy green band on 

 each side behind eye, bordered with whitish, blackening where meeting on nape. Under parts white, 

 with circular black spots; crissum black, varied with white or creamy; upper parts and sides of body 

 closely waved with black and white. Speculum rich green bordered in front with buff tips of the cov- 

 erts, behind with white tips of the secondaries ; no blue on wing ; feet dark ; bill black. $ differing 

 especially in the head markings, those of wings similar. 



No white on side of body in front of wing; long scapulars black externally, creamy white inter- 

 nally crecca 714 



A white crescent on side of body before wing ; scapulars plain carolinensis 715 



QuERQuEDULA proper. Head close-feathered. Bill broader than in Netiiiim, the nail about ^ its tip. 

 Reentrance on sides of culmen not in advance of base of bill below. Wing-coverts in (^ $ sky blue, 

 the greater white-tipped ; scapulars of ^ striped with blue and buff. 



cf Head and neck blackish-plumbeous ; a large white crescent in front of eye dlscors 71G 



cf general color puri^lish-chestnut ; no white on head cyanoptera 1X1 



714. Q (N.) orec'ca. (Lat. crecca, formed like crex, crake, quack, etc., to express the sound.) EuEO- 

 PE.4N Geeen- WINGED Teal. Like the next to be described : No white crescent before wing ; 

 green band in chestnut of side of head bordered with decided whitish ; baning of sides and upper 

 parts broader and coarser ; long scapulars as well as inner secondaries creamy white, black- 

 bordered externally. Europe ; Greenland ; casually on N. Am. Atlantic coast. 

 T15. Q. (N.) caroliuen'sls. (Fig. 482.) AMERICAN Green-winged TeAl. Adult (J : Bill black ; 

 feet bluish-gray ; iris brown. A white crescent in front of wing. Head and upper necli rich 

 ;3 a /I chestnut, blackening 



Vf/T / ■ ,^ on chin, -iidth a glossy 



green patch behind 



each eye blackening 



^^ .iHI^^^ W%^^^^'^ ^ "'^ ^^'^ lower border 



'/l/^^m/Wp//^l\l ^^^^^ it meets its 



— ^ ., i/frJMm//M^ feUow among the 



3k:^MMiSBaWii»..i/ir//4f M//L /#C.^v" lengthened feathers 



/M//M///I °^ the parts, bordered 

 ^^ ._ ijny im!//l\ lieio-vv by ^ more or 



?SS^*'*T*!a,^^^^;^Mk.* i^^HHI^^^^^^^'^^& ^^'^ evident wliitish 



.. SS5s,-jaB«»«JBBjra««'li«!K«(!»fiWj, ^ ^ ^^ Xvaft^ wliich may often 



r-esia^ ^^^ ■»■- ™i5t3BK9ir' 1 '^ l)e traced to the angle 



'^fr' of the mouth. Up- 



-^%tf^f<S{3^l^lll\-%«^P«S-^,\ilk V K/ir r- ^mm. -'i^' Per parts and flanks 

 ^€im::^^l \ ?S mS^^m m^\i^j1^r^^^^ ^ i^ ^aved with narrow 



"^5jfjSs^'-'"' black bars on a whit- 



FiG. 482. — AmericanGreen-winged Teal. (From Lewis.) ish ground. Under 



parts white, becoming buff or fawn-colored on breast, nebulated with gray, on the breast 

 with numerous sharp circular black spots ; fore neck and sides of breast waved like the upper 

 parts. Crissum black, wath a buff or creamy patch on each side. Primaries and wing-coverts 

 leaden gray ; speculum velvety purplish-black on outer half, the inner half rich green ; bor- 

 dered in front with chestnut, fawn or whitish tips of the greater coverts, behind by white tips 

 of the secondaries, interiorly with purplish-black stripes on the outer webs of the lengthened 

 secondaries. Adult ? : Nearly like $ on the wings, the green speculum less perfect; no 

 crest ; head and neck streaked with light reddish-brown on a dark brown ground ; upper parts 

 mottled with dark bro^vn, barred and streaked with tawny or grayish ; lower parts white, more 

 or less buffy-tinged on lower fore neck and breast, which have nebulous dusky spotting. A 

 very small species, one of the most prettily colored of all, of unsurpassed excellence of flesh : 



