272 NETTIUM.— MAEECA. 



Female : Throat, cheeks, and eye-band yellow, spotted black. Above dark brown, 

 edged paler. Europe, N. Africa, Asia, visiting India, Ceylon, Burma, China, and 

 Japan in winter. Not observed in S. Tenasserim, the Andamans, the Nicobars, 

 or in Malabar. Eight to twelve eggs (1-7x1-3), buff. (J. 964. B. 1597. 

 H. & M. iii. 205.) 



Also If. carolinense. The Amerioau Teal. Similar to N. creeca, but the whitish line sur- 

 rounding the green eye-patch is almost obsolete, the scapulars are pale slate-grey with no white, 

 and there is a broad whitish crescent on each side of the breast. N. America and W. Indies, 

 occasionally in Europe. 



N. castaneimi, ISJ". Legs leaden. Bill bluish, nail and edges black, red band near tip of 

 lower mandible. Head and neck dark glossy green. Mantle and back black, edged chestnut. 

 Breast and abdomen chestnut, spotted black. Speculum black, green, and white. Australia, 

 Kew Zealand, and a straggler in Celebes and Jara. 



309. Nettium albigulaxe. The Andaman Tbal. 



$ 16" to 18"; 1 lb. ? 15" to 16"; 12 oz. Legs plumbeous. Bill plumbeous, 

 nail black. Upper part of head dark brown. Cheeks, chin, throat, and foreneck 

 white. Eye set in white ring. Full short occipital crest. Above dark brown, 

 edged paler. Brilliant longitudinal metallic green wing-band. Outer web of 

 first secondary white, of seventh to ninth bronze, of others black. S. Andaman 

 Island. Eggs (1-93 x 1-43) creamy. (B. 1598. H, & M. iii. 243.) 



Also N. gibberi/rons. 17". The Oceanic Teal. Similar to N. albigulare, but no white eye- 

 ring, and usually no white on outer web of first secondary. Celebes, Java, Timor, Flores, and 

 Sumba. 



N. bemieri. 16" to 17"- Legs and bill red. Head and neck pale brown, streaked blackish. 

 Back brown, edged grey. Tail brown, tipped paler. Breast and abdomen dull red, mottled 

 pale brown. Speculum black, with no metallic green band. Madagascar. 



iV. capense. 15J". Legs yellow. Bill crimson. Head and neck white, dotted black. 

 Above fulvous, barred and spotted brown. Throat white. Upper breast barred with brown. 

 Speculum green, with white bar in front. S. Africa. 



iV. flavirostre. 15" to 16". Legs grey -blue. Bill yellow, nail black. Head and neck grey- 

 brown, barred blackish. Above grey-brown, with black spots and margined red-brown. Breast 

 and below whitish, spotted and barred. Upper wing-coverts grey, tipped hazel, forming a band 

 above the black speculum. S. America. 



iV. oxypterum. 17i". Similar to H, flamrosire, but abdomen is unspotted white. Scapulars 

 with small black spots and broad rufescent edges. Peru and N. Chili. 



iV. andiwm. 16" to 17". Similar to iV. flavirostre, but legs are flesh-coloured and bill dark 

 without any yellow. Ecuador and Venezuela. 



iV. georgicum. Similar to AC flavirostre, but speculum is entirely black, with no longitudinal 

 metallic green band on the upper part. S. Georgia. 



iV. punctatum. 13". Legs purplish. Bill light purple, base black. Upper part of head 

 black. Back black, edged light brown. Wings brassy green. Speculum glossy green, bordered 

 black. S. and E. Africa and Madagascar. 



iV. brasiliense. 17". Legs and bill red. Head and nape black. Back brown. Sides of 

 head and neck grey. Neck and breast reddish. Upper wing-coverts velvety black. Axillaries 

 white. S. America. 



AC torquatum. 14". Legs yellow. Bill black. Back grey-olive. Breast rosy, spotted 

 black. Axillaries black. Speculum bronze-green. S. America. 



Genus MARECA. 

 Mareca, the native name, according to Marcgrave, of the Brazilian Teal {Nettium brasiliense). 



Bill raised at base, narrowing towards the tip, nail black. Lamellae scarcely 

 prominent. Short tail cuneate of fourteen feathers. Tarsus scutellate in front. 

 Hind toe small, with narrow lobe. Palsearctic, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions. 



