THE BLUE-WINGED TEAL 305 
brownish and dull yellow, this last color on the 
edges of the feathers. Lower part of the back 
and rump dusky, as are also the tail feathers. 
Wing coverts a very light and beautiful shade 
of blue, some of the scapulars also showing the 
same shade as well as jet black and golden yel- 
low in stripes lengthwise upon the feathers. 
Speculum a dark, glossy green, set off by the 
white of the greater coverts. Wing quills dark 
brownish. Under parts brownish yellow with 
countless jet black spots on the throat and 
breast, these growing less numerous, larger in 
size and of less decided color below. Crissum 
black; patch of white on each side of the rump. 
Bill leaden black. Feet a dull, pale yellow with 
dusky webs and nails. Iris brown. The sea- 
sonal changes in its plumage are not very 
marked, the lack of the white crescent in the 
drake’s face in the fall being the most radical. 
For the female, above she is marked much 
like her mate, having the same bright blue on 
the wing coverts, the striping of the scapulars 
and the green speculum. She is perhaps less 
decidedly colored and spotted below, though the 
main differences lie in the markings of the head 
and neck,—these being dull brownish yellow 
