﻿PINTAIL. 97 



the tertials are deep black, margined either with pearl-grey 

 or yellow ; lesser wing-coverts bistre colour ; the larger 

 coverts are tipped with, brown-ochre ; the speculum bronze- 

 green with white tips. Quill-feathers dusky-brown ; the two 

 long tail-feathers are black, the others dusky-brown, edged 

 with white ; the beak dark slate-grey ; the legs and feet slate 

 colour ; the eyes are gold-yellow. 



The plumage of the female is as follows : — The forehead 

 and crown of the head are pale chestnut, with streaks of black ; 

 the cheeks and neck pale yellow-ochre, speckled with black ; 

 the chin and throat cream colour ; the sides of the breast 

 dusky-brown, barred and tipped with white ; the tippet and 

 scapulars yellowish brown, streaked and spotted with reddish 

 yellow and white ; the tertials are dusky-brown, margined 

 with white ; the wing-coverts are purplish-brown, the feathers 

 edged and tipped with white ; the speculum brownish bronze- 

 green, with white tips. Quills dusky-brown ; the tail-feathers 

 hair-brown, indistinctly barred with white and pale brown 

 ochre ; the two middle feathers about half an inch longer than 

 the rest ; the belly and vent cream-yellow, irregularly spotted 

 with brown ; under tail-coverts white, with chestnut-brown 

 spots. Beak slate colour ; legs and feet grey, with a tinge 

 of brown. 



The egg figured 248 is that of the Pintail Duck. 



