. Commissioners' report . The Shovellek, Spoonbill {Spatula Clypeata).. ^^ m 878 QUERQUEDULA DISCORS (Stephens). THE BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Specific Character.—Male.—Head and neck dull plumbeous, slightly glossed withlavender purple on the side of the occiput and nape, and marked in front of the eyesby a large crescentic patch of white extending entirely across the anterior portionof 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 crescentic or U
. Commissioners' report . The Shovellek, Spoonbill {Spatula Clypeata).. ^^ m 878 QUERQUEDULA DISCORS (Stephens). THE BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Specific Character.—Male.—Head and neck dull plumbeous, slightly glossed withlavender purple on the side of the occiput and nape, and marked in front of the eyesby a large crescentic patch of white extending entirely across the anterior portionof 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 crescentic or U shaped bars ofpale reddish buff; lesser wing coverts and some of the outer webs of some of thelarger scapulars, blue ; middle coverts white for the exposed portion forming abar across the wing ; speculum bronzy green, dusky terminally, with a very nar-row white tip ; tertials black with a central stripe of buff; a white patch at thebase of the tail on each side ; axillars immaculate pure white ; bill uniform black;iris brown ; feet yellowish. Female.—Wings only
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