Breast and belly pure white.

Feathers under the tail jet-black.

Long inner feathers of the wing striped lengthwise with velvet-black and silver-gray.

Mirror on the wing glittering purple or violet, framed with black, white, and buff.
Female: not so handsome as the Drake, and the middle tail-feathers so much shorter that she is not over two feet long; but the neck is longer and slenderer than usual in this family in proportion to her size.
A Citizen of North America and many other countries, more common in the interior of the United States than on the Atlantic coast; nesting from the middle districts far northward, wintering in the Southern States and far beyond.

A fine Duck for the table.
[Illustration: Pintail.] The Green-winged Teal Length less than fifteen inches--all kinds of Teals are very small Ducks.
Male: head chestnut with black chin and a shining green patch on each side, and a little crest behind.