. A history of British birds . and innersecondaries dark brown, with ferruginous edges and whitetips ; wing-coverts greyish-brown ; speculum very dull me-tallic green, between two bars of white ; chin white ; breast 396 ANATIDtE. varied with two shades of brown, on a surface of greyish-white; sides and flanks pale brown, varied with darker brown. Young males, as usual, resemble females in their firstplumage, attaining their sexual distinctions after their firstmoult. They may be distinguished from the Common Tealby their larger size, bluish-grey wing-coverts, and the greenspeculum. The downy n
. A history of British birds . and innersecondaries dark brown, with ferruginous edges and whitetips ; wing-coverts greyish-brown ; speculum very dull me-tallic green, between two bars of white ; chin white ; breast 396 ANATIDtE. varied with two shades of brown, on a surface of greyish-white; sides and flanks pale brown, varied with darker brown. Young males, as usual, resemble females in their firstplumage, attaining their sexual distinctions after their firstmoult. They may be distinguished from the Common Tealby their larger size, bluish-grey wing-coverts, and the greenspeculum. The downy nestling is characterized by a very broad un-broken buff streak above the eye, and a well-defined darkstreak through the cheek. The windpipe of the Garganey is about seven inches inlength; the form of the bony enlargement nearly oval, andplaced so as to appear like a continuation of the trachealtube; the enlargement is in the front, and the bronchialtubes come off from the flattened inner surface which liesupon the ANSERHS. WIGEON. 397
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