THE CRESTED OR BRONZE-CAPPED TEAL. 235 
In this species also, the male, after the breeding season, 
assumes a plumage very similar to that of the female ; but he 
may be distinguished from her by a certain amount of green 
metallic gloss which he retains on the head, and by the whiter 
or greyer and more spotted under surface. Young birds may 
probably be obtained in the early part of the season in every 
intermediate stage of plumage between the male and female. 
