﻿162 ANATID.E. 



eyes brown ; the beak, legs, and feet are olive-green ; tip 

 of the beak yellow, webs black. On the side of the breast, 

 just above the carpal joint of the wing, is a black spot with 

 green reflections. 



The female has the entire plumage chestnut-brown, spotted 

 all over with dusky ; the quills, tail-feathers, and three longest 

 tertials, are dusky ; the wing-coverts dusky olive-brown, with 

 the tips of the feathers very pale brown ; the greater wing- 

 coverts are tipped with white ; the speculum deep chestnut ; 

 below which, the white tips of these feathers form a narrow 

 white bar. The beak is olive-black ; its nail yellow-horn 

 colour ; legs and feet pale blue ; claws, joints, and webs 

 black ; the eyes brown. 



