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the latter^ with part of the outer web greyish- white, and the inner 
toward the end darker and glossed with green ; secondary quills tipped 
with white, the outer webs green, with purple reflections, those of the 
inner secondaries and scapulars velvet-black, their inner webs partially 
glossed and changing to green; the broad feathers anterior to the 
wings white, terminated with black ; breast and abdomen greyish- 
white ; feathers under the wings yellowish-grey, minutely undulated 
with black, and tipped with a white and two black bands ; lower 
wing-coverts and axillar feathers white, barred with greyish-brown ; 
lower tail-coverts dull greyish-brown. Female with the bill blackish- 
brown, the feet dull green ; upper part of head dusky glossed with 
green, sides of head and neck, with hind part of latter, light brownish- 
grey ; throat white, but without the lateral processes ; fore part of 
neck below and sides light yellowish-brown, mottled with dark grey- 
ish-brown, as are the sides under the wings ; breast and abdomen 
white, the former spotted with brown ; hind neck, back, and rump 
dark brown, glossed with green and purple ; wings as in the male, but 
the speculum less, and the secondaries externally faint reddish-purple, 
the velvet-black of the male diminished to a few narrow markings ; 
tail dark brown, glossed with green ; lower tail-coverts pale greyish- 
brown, mottled with white. 
Maley 2 O 2 , 28. Female, 19^. 
Breeds throughout the country from Texas to the Columbia, and 
eastward to Nova Scotia. Fur Countries. Accumulates in the South- 
ern Districts in winter. 
Summer Duck or Wood Duck, Anas sponsa, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amei*. 
V. viii. p. 97. 
Dendronessa sponsa, Summer Duck, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v.ii. p. 446. 
Summer or Wood Duck, Anas sponsa, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 394. 
Wood Duck, Anas sponsa, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 52 ; v. v. p. 618. 
393. 8. Anas Carolinensis, Steph. American Green-winged 
Teal. 
Plate CCXXVIII. Male and Female. 
Male with the feathers of the head and upper part of hind neck elon- 
gated ; tail short, acuminate, of sixteen feathers ; bill black, feet 
light bluish-grey ; head and upper part of neck chestnut-red ,* a broad 
band, narrowing backwards, from the eye, down the back of the neck, 
deep shining green, edged with black below, under which is a whitish 
line, meeting before the eye another that curves forward and down- 
ward to the angle of the mouth ; chin brownish-black, as are the fea- 
thers at the base of the upper mandible ; upper parts and flanks beau- 
tifully undulated with brownish-black and white lines ; anterior to the 
wings a short broad transverse band of white ; wings brownish-grey ; 
speculum in its lower half velvet-black, the upper bright green, changing 
to purple, and edged above with black, behind margined with white. 
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