372 duck. 



131— ST. DOMINGO TEAL. 



Anas Dominica, Ind. Orn. ii. 874. Lin. i. 201. Gm. Lin.'i. 521. 

 Querquedula Dominicensis, Bris. vi. 472. t. 41. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 484. 

 Sarcelle rousse a longue queue de la Guadaloupe, Buf. ix. 283. PL enl. 968. 

 Chilcanauhtli, Rati, 177. Colcanauhtli — female. 

 St. Domingo Teal, Gen. Syn. vi. 554. 



LENGTH from twelve to fourteen inches. Bill one inch and 

 a half, bluish, with a black nail ; chin, close to the base beneath, 

 white ; the rest of the head and neck fine rufous ; above the same, 

 the middle of the feathers black ; under parts rufous, inclining to 

 grey, with a little mixture of dusky, most so, and darker near the 

 vent ; quills brown, six of the middle ones white halfway from the 

 base, or in some to two-thirds of the length, forming a kind of white 

 speculum ; tail cuneiform, dusky purple, the feathers pointed at the 

 ends, the two middle ones near four inches long, the outmost only 

 two ; legs short, and yellow. 



Inhabits the Isle of Trinidad. — In the collection of Lord Seaforth,, 



132— SPINOUS-TAILED TEAL. 



Anas Spinosa, Ind. Orn. ii. 874. Gm. Lin. i. 522. 

 Sarcelle a Queue epineuse, Buf. ix. 282. PL enl. 967. 

 Spinous-tailed Teal, Gen. Syn. vi. 555. 



LENGTH eleven or twelve inches. Bill blue ; top of the head 

 black ; through the eye a streak of black ; beneath it a second of 

 the same ; beneath these white ; the rest of the plumage dusky 

 brown, with a darker mixture, paler beneath, the chin palest ; on 

 the wings a small portion of white on the outer coverts ; tail short, 

 but each feather has the end unwebbed, and prolonged into a sharp 

 point ; legs yellowish flesh-colour. 



