376 duck. 



back brown, inclining to dove-colour on the wings ; before the wing 

 a white bar; speculum first ferruginous, then green, edged with 

 black ; after that white, edged above with ferruginous ; the scapulars 

 are long, narrow, and pointed, some half black, half tawny ; others 

 plain tawny, and fall elegantly over the wings on each side as in the 

 Garganey ; above the tail a bar of white ; under tail coverts black ; 

 tail brown, the feathers pointed at the ends ; legs dull red. 



The female very nearly resembles that sex of the Common Teal. 



Inhabits the neighbourhood of the Lake Baikal, and extends to 

 India, and among others called Sohn churucka. The trachea of this 

 bird is much like that of the Common Teal. 



139— HINA TEAL. 



Anas Hina, hid. Om. ii. 876. Gm.Lin.i. 523. 



— — Chinensis regione o- ulorum (Maris) viridi, Osb. Voy. ii. p. 33. 



Hina Teal, Gen. Syn. vi. 558. 



LENGTH thirteen inches and a half. Bill blackish grey, and 

 soft ; head and chin brown ; a white line passes below the eyes ; all 

 above them green ; neck and upper part of the back white, spotted 

 with black ; the lower, and rump, ash ; upper part of the neck 

 white, spotted with black ; breast and belly white, spotted with 

 black backwards ; the feathers of the rump edged with white ; legs 

 ash-coloured. The female said to have the head, and all about the 

 eyes, whitish grey ; chin white ; body above black, in some parts 

 reddish white ; beneath white, spotted with black. 



Inhabits China : called Hina-a. We much suspect that this and 

 the last described are nearly allied. Found also at Bengal, where it 

 is called Toolsee. 



