ANATID^ — ANATIN'^ : MlVEB BUCKS. 



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ATialysih of Subgenera and Species. 

 Nettium. Head sub-crested. Bill very narrow ; nail about J its tip. BeentranceoffeatliersonsldeB of 

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

 each side behind eye, bordered with whitish, blackening where meeting on nape. 0nder parts white, 

 with circular black spots ; crissuni 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. 9 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 



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



QUEEQnEDULA proper. Head close-feathered. Bill broader than in Nettium, the nail about J its tip. 



ReSntrance on sides of culmen not in advance Of base of hill below. Wing-coverts in cf $ sky blue, 



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



cf Head and neck blackish- plumbeous ; a large white crescent in front of eye ... . discors 



d general color purplish-chestnut ; no white on head ... oyanoptera 



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 715 



716 

 71f 



114. Q (N.) crec'ca. (Lat. crecca, formed like crex, crake, quack, etc., to express the sound.) Euro- 

 pean GrRBBN-wiNGiBD Teal. Like the next to be described : No white crescent before wing ; 

 green baud in chestnut of side of head bordered with decided whitish ; barring 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.) carolinen'sis. (Pig. 482.) American Green-winged Teal. Adult ^ : Bill black ; 

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



chestnut, blackening 

 on chin, with a glossy 

 green patch behind 

 each eye blackening 

 on its lower border 

 and on the nape 

 where it meets its 

 fellow among the 

 lengthened feathers 

 of the parts, bordered 

 below by a more or 

 less evident whitish 

 line, which may often 

 be traced to the angle 

 of the mouth. Up- 

 per parts and flanks 

 waved with narrow 

 black bars on a w-hit- 

 FiG. 482. — American Green-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, with 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 brown, 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 : 



