DUCK. 37" 



Inhabits India ; named Girra. Said to build the nest in trees. — 

 In the female the head and neck are white, crossed round the lower 

 part with dusky lines ; upper parts of the body brown ; beneath, 

 from the breast, dusky white ; down the crown a dusky streak ; the 

 same through the eye, from the nostrils ; across the quills a narrow 

 white bar ; tail black. 



Inhabits India. Met with in various drawings, and probably 

 allied to the last. The eggs are white. 



137 —MANILLA TEAL. 



Anas Manillensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 875. Gm. Lin. i. 523. 

 Sarcelle de l'lsle de Lu5on, Son. Voy. 91. pi. 54. 

 Manilla Teal, Gen. Syn. vi. 523. 



LESS than the Common Teal. Bill black ; upper part and 

 sides of the head and throat white ; neck, breast, and wing coverts, 

 reddish brown ; back yellow, the feathers margined with black ; 

 those of the belly white, with black margins ; quills and tail slate 

 black ; legs blackish. 



Inhabits the Island of Manilla. 



138 -BAIKAL TEAL. 



Anas formosa, Ind. Orn. ii. 876. Gm. Lin. i. 525. Georgi reise, i. 168. 

 Baikal Teal, Gen. Syn.vi. 557. 



SIZE of a Teal ; length from twelve to fifteen inches ; weight 

 eighteen ounces. Bill black ; crown of the head the same, edged 

 with white; sides of it, taking in the eye, yellowish cream-colour; 

 the eye surrounded with black, passing in an irregular stripe down 

 the middle of the cream-colour, and curving to the chin ; behind 

 this, over the ears, a large curved patch of fine green, bounded all 

 round with white; breast rufous fawn-colour, with small black spots; 



