374 duck. 



upper part of the body, wings, and tail very dark glossy green ; 

 sides clonded with ferruginous ; middle of the belly and vent white ; 

 quills dusky ; on the wings a streak of white ; legs dusky. 

 Inhabits Madagascar. 



135.— COROMANDEL TEAL. 



Anas Cororaandeliana, hid. Orn. ii. 875. Gm. Lin. i. 522. 

 Sarcellede Coromandel, Bvf. ix. 274. PL enl. 949, 950. 

 Coromandel Teal, Gen. Syn. vi. 556. 



THIS is about one-fourth less than the Garganey. Bill dusky ; 

 top of the head black ; the rest of it and neck white, speckled with 

 dusky black ; lower part of the neck striated across with fine 

 lines of the same ; the upper parts of the body and wings brown, 

 with a green and reddish gloss ; breast and belly white ; sides of 

 the vent inclining to ferruginous ; legs black. 



The female differs in having the white on the under parts mixed 

 with grey ; the lines on the lower part of the neck broader, and less 

 distinct ; and in general the plumage less beautiful than in the male. 



Inhabits the Coast of Coromandel. 



136.— GIRRA TEAL. 



SIZE of the other. Bill and down the middle of the crown 

 black ; the rest of the head and neck white, marked on the breast 

 with pale brown ; round the lower part of the neck a collar of black, 

 broadest before ; across the middle of the wings a broad space of 

 green ; back greenish chocolate; wings the same, but more inclined 

 to green ; quills deep chocolate, at the base, and tips in the middle, 

 white, forming a patch ; tail deep chocolate ; all beneath, from the 

 breast and the upper tail coverts, white, minutely speckled with 

 chocolate points ; vent barred with dusky black ; legs dusky 

 yellow ; webs and joints dusky. 



