. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . erts black; back deep brownish-black, each featherwaved with large semi-ovals of brownish white; lesser wing-coverta bright light-blue; primaries dusky brown; secondaries black;speculum, or beauty-spot, rich green; tertials edged with black orlight-blue, and streaked down their middle with white; the tail,which is pointed, extends two inches beyond the wings; legs andfeet yellow, the latter very small; the two crescents of white beforethe eyes meet on the throat.
. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . erts black; back deep brownish-black, each featherwaved with large semi-ovals of brownish white; lesser wing-coverta bright light-blue; primaries dusky brown; secondaries black;speculum, or beauty-spot, rich green; tertials edged with black orlight-blue, and streaked down their middle with white; the tail,which is pointed, extends two inches beyond the wings; legs andfeet yellow, the latter very small; the two crescents of white beforethe eyes meet on the throat. The female difiers in having the head and neck of a dull duskyslate, instead of the rich violet of the male; the hind-head is also GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 565 whitish; the wavings on the back and lower parts more indistinct;wing nearly the same in both. ANAS CRECCA. GREEN-WINGED TEAL. This variety is a little larger than the preceding, and resemblesmore closely the English teal—is, in fact, considered by naturalistsas the same duck. Its habits and disposition are similar to thoseof the blue-winged, and its flesh of like
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