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America (Adult male resembles)

The adult male resembles that of A. carolinensis, but the white bar in front of the wing is lacking, and the inner scapulars are creamy buff, with a sharply defined black mark on their outer webs. The female can not be distinguished from that of A. carolinensis. 140. Anas discors Linn. BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Ad. 8. -Crown fuscous, chin and sides of the base of the bill black; a broad white band across the front of the head, its hinder margin bordered by black; rest of the head and throat dark ashy with purplish reflections; breast and belly cinnamon-rufous, thickly spotted with black; back fuscous, the feathers with crescents of ochraceous-buff; lesser and median wing-coverts grayish blue, end half of the greater ones white; speculum green. Ad. 2 and & in summer.- Crown fuscous, lightly margined with grayish; sides of the head and the neck whitish, finely spotted with blackish, except on the throat; breast and belly with less cinnamon wash than in the preceding; back and wings quite similar to the preceding, but ochraceous bars sometimes wanting; speculum darker and greater coverts with less white. L., 16.00; W., 7.25; Tar., 1.20; B., 1.60.