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ANATIDiE, DUCKS. GEN. 256-7. 287 



Europe ; casually on the Atlantic coast, Greenland to Florida ; California 

 {Cooper). GiRAUD, Birds Long Island, 307 ; Bd., 784. . . penelope. 

 ■' American Widgeon. Baldigate. Head and neck grajdsh, dusky-speckled ; 

 top of head white (in full plumage), its sides with a broad green patch. 

 N. Am., abundant. Scarcely distinct i'rom the last. Sw. and 

 EiCH., F. B.-A. ii, 445; Wils., viii, 86, pi. 69, f. 4; Nutt., 

 ii, 389; Aud., vi, 259, pi. 389; Be, 783 . . Americana. 



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256-7. Genus QUERQUEDULA Stephens. 



* Subcrested ; head and upper neck chestnut, with a broad glossy 

 green band on each side, whitish-bordered, uniting- and blackening on 

 the nape ; under parts white, the fore breast with circular black spots ; fig. 187. Amen- 

 upper parts and flanks closely waved with blackish aud white ; crissum ""'^ ' ^'''°"' 

 black, varied with white or creamy ; speculum rich green, bordered in front with 

 bufly tips of the greater coverts, behind with white tips of the secondaries ; no 

 blue on the wing ; bill black ; feet graj'. ? differs especially in the head mark- 

 ings, but those of the wings are the same. Small ; 14-15 ; wing 

 7A ; tail ^ ; bill 1 1 ; tarsus 1J-. {Nettion.) 

 /,/ ^^^ English Teal. N"o white crescent in front of the wing ; long 



scapulars black externally, creamy internally. Europe ; acci- 

 dental on the Atlantic Coast. Coues, Proc. Phil. Acad. 1861, 



238 (Labrador) ; Bd., 778 crecca. 



A '' \^i?^^S Green-winged Teal. A conspicuous white crescent on the 

 side of the body lust in front of the bend of the wino; ; scaij- 



riG. 188. Gieeu- , , . xr . , t -^t ...-,-,, „t, 



wmo'ed Teal, ulars plain. JN. Am., aiDundant. vViLS., vm, 101, pi. 70, 

 f. 4; Nutt., ii, 400; Aud., vi, 281, pi. 392; Bd., 777. . carolinensis. 



** Wing-coverts in both sexes sky-blue, the greater white-tipped ; speculum green, 

 white-tipped ; axillars and most under wing coverts white ; scapulars striped with 

 tawny and blue (not in the ? ) or dark green ; fore back barred ; rump and tail 

 dark, plain; crissum dark or black; bill black; feet not dark. {Querquedula.) 



Blue-ivinged Teal. Head and neck of the $ blackish-plumbeous, darkest 

 on the crown, usually with purplish iridescence ; a white crescent in front of 

 the eye ; under parts thickly dark-spotted ; ? with head and neck altogether 

 different ; under parts much paler and obscurely spotted ; but known by the 

 wing-markings from any species except the next one. 15-16 ; wing. 7 ; tail 

 3 ; tarsus IJ ; bill 1^-lf . Eastern N. Am. to the Rocky Mountains, abun- 

 dant; also, Alaska (Dall). Sw. and Eich., F. B.-A. ii, 444; Wils., viii, 

 74, pi. 68, f. 4 ; Nutt., ii, 397 ; Aud., vi, 287, pi. 393 ; Bd., 779. discors. 



Cinnamon Teal. $ with head, neck, and whole under parts, rich 

 purplish-chestnut, darkening on crown, chin and crissum, and blackening on 

 middle of belly ; rather larger than the last ; bill longer. If- If . ? with the 

 chestnut replaced by mottled brown and tawny, and difficult to distinguish 

 from 9 discors; but darker, usually with some chestnut traces; head, and 

 especially chin, more spotted; bill longer. A generally distributed S. Am. 

 species, now abundant in the U. S. west of the Rocky Mountains ; of casual 

 occurrence in the Gulf States (Louisiana, PilaU; Florida, Maynard). 



