ANATIDJE — ANATIN^ : BIVEH DUCKS. 
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Analysis of Subgenera and Species. 
Nettium. Head sub-crested. Bill very narrow ; nail about I its tip, Reentrance of feathers on sides of 
culmenin advance of base of bill below. Head and neck chestnut, with a broad glossy green band on 
each side behind eye, bordered with whitish, blackening where meeting on nape. Under i)arts white, 
with circular black spots; crissum black, varied with white or creamy; upper parts and sides of body 
closely waved with black and white. Si)eculum rich green bordered in front with buff tips of the cov- 
erts, behind with white tips of the .secondaries; no blue on wing; feet dark; bill black. $ differing 
especially in the head markings, those of wings similar. 
No white on side of body in front of wing; long scapulars black externally, creamy white inter- 
nally crecca 714 
A white crescent on side of body before wing ; scapulars plain carolinensis 715 
QuERQUEDULA proper. Head close-feathered. Bill broader than in Nettium, the nail about ^ its tip. 
Reentrance on sides of culmen not in advance of base of bill below. Wing-coverts in $ sky blue, 
the greater white-tipped ; scapulars of cf striped with blue and buff". 
(J Head and neck blackish-plumbeous ; a large white crescent in front of eye discors 716 
cf general color purplish-chestnut ; no white on head cyanoptera 717 
Q (N.) crec'ca. (Lat. crecca, formed like crex, crake, quack, etc., to express the sound.) Euro- 
pean Green-winged Teal. Like the next to be described : No white crescent before wing ; 
green baud in chestnut of side of head bordered with decided whitish ; barring of sides and upper 
parts broader and coarser; long scapulars as well as inner secondaries creamy white, black - 
bordered externally. Europe; Greenland; casually on N. Am. Atlantic coast. 
Q. (N.) carolinen/sis. (Fig. 482.) American Green-winged Teal. Adult $ : Bill black; 
feet bluish-gray ; iris brown. A white crescent in front of wing. Head and upper neck rich 
..^ /> chestnut, blackening 
//^. -^-^ on chin, with a glossy 
lllj/ green patch behind 
^, each eye blackening 
^-'^' 7^ -'^''^ on its lower border 
^//il-'^^^^/f^/ ^^^^ ^^P^ 
where it meets its 
Jl/I^ fellow among the 
-^^K^^^^fflfi^i^ill^^S|2/y''///i' I ^'i/'^^r^/ ^^^^^^^"^^^ feathers 
^r^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^S^^£^l/mm\ parts, bordered 
* ' ' below by a more or 
'^'■^^^mS^^^^^^S^KmKf.]^^ ^^^^ evident whitish 
^S^^^^^^I^^^^^^^^^^^^^KBSUmmJj line, which may often 
•^jmrnmBm^m/m/^ traced to the angle 
/i=^S^^^i!V-ir-Jarenrllif" I ^ifl'?^*..At''.«,^MBL_ . » , > .>!!MBHHBHii'//£^/ ^^xq mouth. Up- 
per parts and flanks 
/■^i^>%.y^s,^^^M\\y^m^^^\\ ' '"^^^^f-^^^PpKa^^- waved with narrow 
black bars on a whit- 
FiG. 482. — American Green- winged Teal. (From Lewis.) ish ground. Under 
parts white, becoming buff or fawn-colored on breast, nebulated with gray, on the breast 
with numerous sharp circular black spots ; fore neck and sides of breast waved like the upper 
parts. Crissum black, with a buff or creamy patch on each side. Primaries and wing-coverts 
leaden gray; speculum velvety purplish-black on outer half, the inner half rich green; bor- 
dered in front with chestnut, fawn or whitish tips of the greater coverts, behind by white tips 
of the secondaries, interiorly with purplish -black stripes on the outer webs of the lengthened 
secondaries. Adult 9 • Nearly like $ on the wings, the green speculum less perfect; no 
crest ; head and neck streaked with light reddish-brown on a dark brown ground ; upper parts 
mottled with dark brown, barred and streaked with tawny or grayish ; lower parts white, more 
or less buffy-tinged on lower fore neck and breast, M-hich have nebulous dusky spotting. A 
very small species, one of the most prettily colored of all, of unsurpassed excellence of flesh : 
