Bulletin 3 - Peabody Museum of Natural History - Yale University

12 PEABODY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYLophodytes cucullatus Hybrid No. 4745Inner vanes of secondariesand all of tertialsblack, the outer 5 tertialswith a narrow medianstripe of white (about3 mm. wide).Scapulars black.Primaries seal brown.Tail seal brown.Sides and flanks reddishbrown, cross-wavedand barred with black,finely in front, coarselybehind.Sides of belly drabbrownslightly barredwith whitish. Belly posteriorlywith brownishtips.Under tail coverts drabbrown,speckled andbarred with white.Bill black.Iris yellow.Legs and feet lightyellowish brown.Six outer secondarieswhite over entire outervane; in some the innervanes are partly white.Inner secondaries and allthe tertials black; 4 outertertials each with narrowwhite median stripeas in L. cucullatus,Scapulars black, theouter ones with broadwhite central stripe asin B. clangula americana*Primariesto black.seal brownTail seal brown washedwith ash.Bucephala clangulaamericanaEight outer secondariesentirely white.Inner secondaries entirelyblack. Tertialsdark brown.Outer scapulars whitewith black edges.Inner scapulars black.Primaries seal brown.Tail sealmuch ash.brownwithSides and flanks pale Sides of breast andcinereous vermiculated flanks white, the upperwith black, finely in front, flank feathers sharplycoarsely behind. Some edged with black.flank feathers washedwith cinnamon.Sides of belly darkbrown, the ends of somefeathers edged with whitish.A dusky bar separateswhite of belly fromwhite crissum.Under tail covertswhitish, distally washedand barred with drabbrown.Bill black.Iris golden yellow(glass eye).Legs and toes apparentlyyellow; webs darkbrown.Sides of belly drabbrown;tips washed withwhite. Crissum white.Underwhite.Bill black.tailIris golden yellow.covertsLegs and feet orangeor yellowish with duskywebs.