duck. 369 



Mr. Bullock met with them at Vera Cruz, and about Mexico,* 

 in plenty. 



A.— Anas Bulbul, Fn. Arab. iv. No. 12. Gtn. Lin. i. 543. Ind. Orn. ii. 874. $. 



This has a spot of black at the base of the bill ; the body cine- 

 reous, waved with white, paler beneath ; head brown, with a large 

 and long reddish green spot on the temples ; on the neck behind a 

 blue black spot, uniting with the green one ; speculum of the wing 

 oblique, green, beneath obliquely black. The female has the head 

 waved with cinereous. 



This bird is common at Cairo, in Egypt, and is most probably 

 related to the Common Teal. 



126—SIRS^EIR TEAL. 



Anas Sirseeir, Ind. Orn. ii. 877. Gm. Lin. i. 524. Fn. Arab. p. 3. 11. 

 Sirsseir Duck, Gen. Syn. Stip. ii. 357. 



THE bill in this is lead-coloured, beneath yellow ; chin white ; 

 crown brown ; back brown, margins of the feathers whitish ; belly 

 whitish ; speculum of the wings divided obliquely, above silky green, 

 beneath black ; before and behind white ; legs grey. 



Inhabits Arabia, and called there Sirsaeir. This seems to corres- 

 pond with the Common Teal, and is not improbably the male in 

 imperfect plumage. 



127— CHESTNUT-WINGED TEAL. 



SIZE of our Teal ; length thirteen inches. Bill as in the 

 Wigeon, black ; head and neck to the breast pale brown ; the chin 



* The Common Teal and Pintail were exceedingly common about Mexico, and the 

 neighbouring parts; but our Common Ducks, or any other kept tame, were rarely met with. 

 Bullock's Mexico. 



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