Pintail : Dafih acuta ? , 
p. 333. 
THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
Under tail-coverts white, spotted with 
black or brown ^Females.) 
Bill 1’6 to 2’linches; breast white, spot- 
ted or mottled with brownish. 
e®. Under wing-coverts and axillaries 
iSee Fig. 7) pure white. 
c\ Bill 2*1 inches; wing-speculum 
deep purplish-blue bordered 
above and below with black 
and white Mallard : >1 «05 ^05ca5 ? , 
</’. Bill 1*6 inch; wing-speculum />. 329. 
black and white Gad wall: Chaulelasmus 
streperus ? , p. 331. 
/®. Under wing-coverts and axillaries 
mottled with brown and white; 
bill 2*0 inches; wing - speculum 
brownish-black mottled with ru- 
fous or brown and edged with white 
A®. Bill 1*5 inch or less; breast and belly 
pure white. 
5 ®. Ground colour of head and neck 
rufous ; axillaries mottled with 
white and brownish - grey ; wing- 
speculum black, mottled with grey, 
narrowly margined above and be- 
low with white Wigcon: 
Mareca Penelope ? , p. 335. 
A®. Ground-colour of head and neck 
whitish ; axillaries pure white, 
wing - speculum black, narrowly 
margined above and below with 
white American Wigeon : 
M, americana ? , p. 337. 
d\ Wing less than 8*0 inches in length. 
g-. Under tail-coverts black. 
F. Head and neck chestnut, with a wide metallic 
green band behind the eye ; lesser and median 
wing-coverts brownish-grey. 
o\ Feathers on the sides of the chest narrowly 
banded with black and white; outer scapu- 
lars white, obliquely edged with black . . Common Teal: 
Querquedula crecca S , p. 338. 
p\ Vermiculated feathers on the sides of the 
chest with a wide subterminal white bar, 
forming a conspicuous white band above 
the shoulder; outer scapulars grey, the 
outermost only edged with black . . . American Teal: 
Q. carolinensis 3 , p. 340. 
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