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a month later in the Carolinas, a few lingering on the Delaware until the first week 

 in May. Mr. Audubon met with none of this species in Labrador. It is quite common 

 in Southern Wisconsin, according to Mr. Kundien, arriving there early in the spring, 

 and a few imdoubtedly remaining to breed. He has never with certainty met with 

 its nest, but has found one which he supposed must have belonged to this species. 



The Green-winged Teal was found in abundance about Fort liesolution and Fort 

 Yukon by Mr. Kennicott ; at Fort Eae by Mr. L. Clarke ; on the Yukon Eiver and in 

 the Mackenzie River district by IVIr. J. Lockhart ; on the Porcupine Eiver by Mr. 

 Jones ; at La Pierre House by Mr. libbiston ; on Big Island by Mr. Eeid, etc. 



Eggs of this species from Fort Simpson (Smithsonian Institution, Ko. 5034) are of 

 a pure ivory white color. Three of these measure respectively, 1.80 by 1.30 inches, 

 1.85 by 1.35, and 1.75 by 1.30. 



Nettion crecca. 



THE EUROPEAN GREEN WINGED TEAL. 



Anas crecca, Liss. S. N. cd. 10, I. 1758, 126 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 204. 



Qaerqucdula crecca, Stkphens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 1824, 146. — CouES, Key, 1872, 287; 



Check List, 1873, no. 494 ; ed. 2, 1882, no. 714 ; B. N. W. 1874, 566. 

 Nettion crecca, Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 778; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 580.— RiDGW. Nom. N. 



Am. B. 1881, no. 611. 

 Qucrqucdida subcrccca ct crcccoidcs, Bkehm, V. D. 1831, 885, 886. 

 Teal, Yaur. Brit. B. ed. 2, III. 281, fig. ; ed. 3, III. 282, fig. 



Hab. Palsearctic Region ; occasional in Eastern North America. 



Sp. Char. Adult male: Similar to A"", rarolincnsis, but side of tlie breast without any white 

 bar ; the outer scapulars with their inner webs creamy white, the forehead boidered on each side 



by a pale-buff line ; and the sides, back, etc., much more coarsely undulated. Adult female: Not 

 distinguisbable with certainty from that of N. carolinensis ? 



Total length, about 14.00 inches; wing, 7.00-7.30; culmen, 1.45-1.50; tarsus, 1.10-1.25; 

 middle toe, 1.25-1.30. 



