196 GAME SHOAL- WATER FOWL. 



with purplish-red. A small part of hind neck 

 dark-green; the rest, and the upper parts in gene- 

 ral, beautifully undulated with very narrow bars 

 of brownish-black and yellowish-white. Smaller 

 wing-coverts, alula, and primary quills gray, the 

 latter dark-brown towards the end. Speculum of 

 a coppery -red, changing to dull green; edged an- 

 teriorly with light brownish-red, posteriorly with 

 white. The inner secondaries and the scapulars 

 black and green, with broad gray margins. Up- 

 per tail-coverts cream-colored, the outer ribs black- 

 ish and green ; tail light-gray, the middle feathers 

 dark-brown, glossed with green. On each side of 

 the neck is an oblique band of white, of which 

 color are the upper parts in general ; the sides, 

 however, are undulated like the back ; the lateral 

 feathers of the rump cream-colored ; the lower tail- 

 coverts black, those at the sides edged with 

 white. 



Length to end of tail, 29 inches; extent of 

 wings, 36; weight, 2 pounds. 



Adult female : The female, which is much 

 smaller, has the upper parts variegated with 

 brownish-blarck and light yellowish-brown ; the 

 margin of the feathers and a mark on each side 

 of the shaft being of the latter color. The specu- 



