BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 13 1 



lower breast. Under tail coverts, black. Bill, black. Iris, 

 brown. Legs and feet, yellow, with the web dusky. Total 

 length, 15 inches; wing, 7-^; culmen, i^^^; tarsus, i^. 



Adult Female. — Top of head, black, remainder of head and 

 neck, brownish white, speckled or streaked with dusky. Chin, 

 throat, and base of bill, white. Upper parts, dusky, barred with 

 V-shaped buff marks. Wing coverts, blue, like the male, but 

 the green speculum is wanting. Upper tail coverts and tail like 

 the male. Under parts, pinkish buff on the breast, with dusky 

 V-shaped marks, remaining portion white indistinctly spotted 

 with dusky, most numerous on the under tail coverts. Bill, 

 greenish black. Legs and feet, pale flesh color. Total length, 

 15 inches; wing, 7; culmen, i-^; tarsus, i-^. 



Young Male. — Similar to female on head, neck, and upper 

 parts. The white throfit is speckled with dusky. The greeu 

 speculum is visible, and the under parts are like the adult male, 

 with the flank feathers brdadly barred with dusky. 



Young. — Like adult female, but with a pure white belly and 

 grayish brown speculum. 



