182 ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 
In most of the species the male assumes a sober plumage 
after the breeding season, regaining his full dress at the autumn 
moult. 
Five species of Teal are enumerated by Salvadori, of 
which the following have not been imported alive: Querguedula 
puna, Querquedula aiscors. 
THE BRILLIANT TEAL. 
( Querquedula versicolor. Cyanopterus fretensts ). 
This Teal was received for the first time by the 
Zoological Society of London, in April, 1902, when a pair 
were purchased off the Zoological Society at Antwerp. Their 
English appellation of “Grey” is hardly descriptive of the bird, 
which is known in Paraguay as the “ Three-coloured Duck,” 
and is catalogued by Vieiltot as the Brilliant Teal. Mr. 
Jamrach writes that this Teal is plentiful at times, being 
disposed of by him at 46 the couple. 
Q. versicolor inhabits Paraguay, Argentina, Patagonia, and 
Chili, Sclater and Hudson stating that it is most abundant 
in the Argentine Republic, especially in the southern portion, 
living in large flocks, and recognisable by its strongly-marked 
bill, and prettily variegated blue-grey plumage. 
Male. 
head smoky-brown ; abdomen whitish ; wings greyish-brown, 
with bar of greenish-purple outlined with white ; flanks barred 
black and white ; bill black, with an orange blotch from the 
nostril downwards; feet brown; feathers under eye and sides 
of head reddish-fawn ; breast spotted with black. 
Grey, crossed with narrow black bands; top of 
Female.—Similar to male, but all the colours more 
subdued. 
