THE BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 249 
thickly spotted with roundish or elliptical black spots ; 
axillary feathers, lower wing coverts, and a patch on the 
side of the rump, pure white; lower tail coverts brown- 
ish black. 
These, with the exception of the Buffel-Headed Duck, 
are the two smallest; with the exception of the Summer 
Duck, the two loveliest; with the exception of the Can- 
vas-Back the two best of the duck tribe. Well met be 
they, whether on the board or in the field—shot be they 
with No. 4—eaten roast, underdone, with cayenne and a 
squeeze of a lemon, lubricated with red wine, quantum 
suff. 
