ANATIN/E — THE DUCKS — QUERQUEDULA. 
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reddish, spotted with black. Hah. North America generally, but chiefly the Eastern 
Province. 
2. Q. cyanoptera. Adult male: Head, neck, and lower parts rich uniform chestnut, the 
abdomen duller (sometimes dusky), the pileuin blackish. Hah. Western America, from 
Chili to Washington Territory. 
Q. discors. 
Querquedula discors. 
THE BLUE- WIN GED TEAL. 
Anas discors, Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 205 (based on Qucrq. amcric. varicgata, Catesb. 100; 
Brass. VI. 452. — Querq. a; meric, fusca, Catesb. 99. — Qucrq. virginiana, Brass. VI. 455). — 
Wils. Am. Orn. VIII. 1814, 74, pi. 68, fig. 4. — Aud. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 111, pi. 313 ; Synop. 
1839, 282 ; B. Am. VI. 1843, 287, pi. 393. 
Anas (Boschas) discors, Sw. & Rich. F. B. A. II. 1831, 444. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 397. 
Querquedula discors, Stephens, Shaw’s Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 1824, 149 . — Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 
779 ; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 581. — Coues, Key, 1872, 287 ; Check List, 1873, no. 496 ; 2d 
ed. 1882, no. 716 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 566. — Bidgw. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 609. 
Sarcellc mdlc dc Cayenne, dite la Soucrourou, Buff. PI. Enl. 966 (£ ad.). 
Hab. North America in general, but chiefly the Eastern Province ; north to Alaska, south to 
Ecuador, and throughout West Indies. Accidental in Europe. 
Sp. Char. Adult male: Head and neck dull 
plumbeous, slightly glossed with lavender-purple on 
the side of the occiput and nape, and marked in front 
of the eyes by a large, somewhat crescentic, patch of 
white, extending entirely across the anterior portion 
of the head ; pileum, chin, and feathers bordering the 
white patches, blackish ; lower parts pale reddish, 
thickly spotted with black, the crissum uniform black. 
Back and anterior scapulars dusky, marked with con- 
centric or U-shaped bars of pale reddish buff ; lesser 
wing-coverts and outer webs of some of the longer 
scapulars pale blue ; middle coverts white for the 
exposed portion, forming a bar across the wing ; 
speculum bronzy green, dusky terminally, with a 
very narrow white tip ; tertials black, with a central 
stripe of buff ; a white patch at the base of the tail 
on each side ; axillars immaculate pure white. Bill uniform black ; iris brown ; feet yellowish. 
Adult female : Wings, only, as in the male; upper parts dusky, the feathers bordered with dull 
Male ( i nat. size ). 
