172 ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 
Mr. Jamrach states that the value is from £3 to £4 the pair, 
but it is very rarely offered for sale. Eyton comments upon 
the singular formation of the wind-pipe in this Teal, differing, 
he states, from that of Querguedula crecca in being more 
oblique as regards the bulbous enlargement. 
‘* Male.—Above brown; head more rufous; lower back, tail, 
and lesser wing-coverts black ; wings brownish-black ; outer webs of the inner 
primaries and the secondaries shining bronzy-green ; broad tips of the outer 
secondaries white, divided from the green colour by a black band; beneath 
paler, washed on the breast with rusty-red ; throat whitish ; belly slightly 
banded with brown; bill blackish ; feet red ; whole length 15:5 inches ; 
wing 70; tail 3:0; hab. South America. 
“ This richly-coloured Teal, which is widely extended in S. America, 
from Guiana down to the Straits of Magellan, is usually met with in pairs 
near Buenos Ayres, although as many as five or six are sometimes seen 
together. In habics it is a Tree Duck, preferring watercourses in the 
neighbourhood of woods, and is frequently seen perched on horizontal 
branches. The flight is slow and with the wings very much depressed, as in 
a duck about to alight on the water ; and the beautiful blue, green, and white 
speculum is thus rendered very conspicous. The note of the male in the 
love season is a long plaintive whistle, singularly pure and sweet in sound, 
and heard usually in the evening.” (From ‘Argentine Ornithology,” Sclater 
and Hudson). 
Male.—Upper body brown, feathers edged with brighter 
tint; throat grey; back, small wing-coverts, and tail rich 
velvet black ; flanks grey ; large wing-coverts and bar beautiful 
metallic green; two outer wing quills black; bill and legs 
brilliant red. 
Female.—Similar, but much less brilliant ; bill brownish- 
purple, with a red patch at the base; legs reddish. 
Young.—No information. 
Egg.—Butfish-white. June—August. 
GENUS DAFILA. 
Three species of Pintail are comprised in this genus, all of 
which are known in captivity. 
