AMERICAN TEAL. 



(Anas crecca, var. Forster, Phil. Trans. Ixii. p. 419. No. 51. Rich- 

 ard. North. Zool. ii. p. 443. Anas crecca, Bonap. Synops. No. 

 330. American Teal, Penn. Arct. Zool. No. 504. Green- Winged 

 Teal (Anas crecca,) Wilsoa', viii. p. 101. pi. 70. fig. 4. Phil. Mu- 

 seum, No. 2832.) 



Sp. Charact. — Speculum vivid grass green, black on the sides, 

 margined with white and rufous ; wing coverts brownish-ash ; 

 tail of 16 feathers. — Male with the head and neck glossy chest- 

 nut ; a green band on each side of the head ; the throat black. 

 Var. (americana) with a white longitudinal band on the scapulars, 

 and a broad transverse white bar on the shoulder : these marks 

 wanting in the European individuals. Female wholly dusky, 

 skirted with whitish ; the throat white. 



The Green-Winged Teal, as a species, is common to the 

 northern and temperate parts of both continents. The 

 American bird appears to be a permanent and distinct va- 

 riety. There is, according to Dr. Richardson, however, in 



