streaks on end of wings; _short_ black
bill; eye yellow. Female: Grayish-brown; throat white; crest small; sides
unmarked. *Buffle-head.

125. MALLARD. 23 in.
(Anas boschas. 132.)

Head, throat and neck glossy green; _narrow_ white collar; breast, rich
brown; back, dark brownish; underparts, silver-gray; tail white, set off
by black feathers which curl up from either side of the black rump;
wing-patch purple, bordered on either side with a black and then a white
bar. Female: Buffy-brown and black; much streaked and speckled; lighter
on throat; shows wing-patch as in male; common.

126. GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 14-1/2 in.
(Nettion carolinensis. 139.)

Gray, finely lined on sides and shoulders with black; _white bar in front
of wing_; head, including throat, brown with a broad green stripe from
eye to back of head, ending in a small tuft; wings, gray-brown with
brilliant green and black wing-patch, bordered by buffy bars; breast very
pale reddish-brown, speckled with round black spots; buffy patches on
sides of tail; white belly. Female: Mottled brown; top of head and back
of neck dark brown; sides of head and neck buff-colored and finely
streaked; throat buff, unmarked; no green on head nor white bar in front
of wings; wing-patch as in male, but smaller. *Blue-winged Teal.

127. BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 15 in.
(Querquedula discors. 140.)

Back and underparts thickly mottled brownish and black, lightest below;
head slaty, showing purplish gloss; a conspicuous crescent-shaped white
stripe in front of eye; _shows blue_ on bend of wing, followed by a white
bar and a bright green wing-patch; white patch on sides of tail; bill
black. Female: Dusky-brown; black on top of head; streaked and whitish on
neck and sides of head; throat and about base of bill, _white_; back and
underparts, mottled and spotted; wing shows blue but no green; white bars
on head are wanting. *Green-winged Teal.

128. PINTAIL. 27 in.
(Dafila acuta. 143.)

Head, including throat, brown, darkest on top; long, swan-like neck,
black above, finely waved white and dusky on back and sides; _long middle
tail feathers_, black; white below with a conspicuous curved white stripe
running up sides of neck to head and ending in a point; bronzy patch on
wings. Female: Tail much sho