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another on the side of the neck ; throat greenish-black ; 
lower fore part of the neck brownish-red, spotted with black ; 
lower parts yellowish-white, minutely undulated with black ; 
feathers under the tail black ; fore part of back and inner 
scapulars yellowish-grey, finely undulated with black ; outer 
scapulars black externally, light red on the inner web ; wing- 
coverts brownish-grey, the secondary coverts tipped with 
reddish-white ; primary quills and coverts brownish-grey ; 
speculum deep green, glossed with purple, and margined be- 
hind with white ; hind part of back and tail-coverts greenish- 
black ; tail feathers brownish-grey, except the twm middle, 
which are black. Female with the throat yellowish-white ; 
fore-neck, part of breast, and sides, light reddish-brown, spot- 
ted with dusky-brown ; breast and abdomen white, the latter 
with faint brown spots ; upper parts deep brown, the feathers 
edged with yellowish-grey ; wing-coverts brownish-grey ; the 
speculum duller than in the male. 
Male, 20. 
Only three individuals of this species have hitherto been 
obtained in England. Of these, one, a male, was taken in a 
decoy, in 1771? and described and figured by Pennant. A 
male and a female, caught in the same manner, near Maldon, 
in Essex, in 1812, were described by Mr Vigors, and present- 
ed by him to the Zoological Society. The species is said to 
inhabit the northern parts of Asia. 
Anas glocitans, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 526.—- Anas glocitans, 
Lath. Ind. Ornith. ii. 862.-— Anas glocitans, Temm. Man. 
d’Ornith. iv. 533.— -Querquedula glocitans, Bimaculated Teal, 
MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, v. 
249. Querquedula strepera. Gadwall Teal. 
Male with the bill an inch and ten-twelfths long, eight- 
twelfths broad toward the end, black ; scapulars and inner 
secondaries elongated and acuminate; middle tail-feathers 
pointed, but not much longer than the next ; upper part of 
the head and nape dusky, with small reddish-brown mark- 
ings ; lower neck all round and part of the back dusky, with 
semicircular white lines ; middle of the back, scapulars, and 
sides finely undulated with dusky-grey and reddish-white ; 
smaller wing-coverts grey, barred with pale reddish ; middle 
coverts deep chestnut-red ; speculum black and white ; hind 
part of back and lower tail-coverts bluish-black; tail grey. 
Female with the scapulars, inner secondaries, and tail-feathers 
less elongated; upper part of the head dusky; a lightish 
