” 980 
FEMALE. 
SUMMER 
TEAL. 
TEAL DUCK. CuAss II. 
the first beautifully spotted with black; the 
vent black; the tail sharp pointed, and dusky ; 
the coverts of the wings brown; the greater 
quil feathers dusky; the exterior webs of the 
lesser marked with a glossy green spot; above 
that another of black, and the tips white; the 
irides whitish; the legs dusky. The female is 
of a brownish ash color, spotted with black ; 
and has a green spot on the wing like the male. 
By the description Mr. Willughby has left of 
the Summer Teal, p. 378. we suspect that it dif- 
fers not in the species from the common kind, 
only in sex. Linneus* hath placed it among 
the birds of his country; but leaves a blank in 
the place of its residence; and hath evidently 
copied Mr. /Villughby’s imperfect description 
of it; and to confirm our suspicion that he has 
followed the errort of our countryman ; we ob- 
served that a bird sent us from the Balfic sea, 
under the title of anas circia, the Summer Feal 
of Linnéus, was no other than the female of 
our teal. | | 
* Faun. Suec. sp. 130. 
+ This error is continued in Gmelin’s edition of Linneus. 
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