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CITIZEN BIRD 



Gbeen-winged Teal. 



northward and winters mostly in the Southern States or beyond. 

 The flesh is delicious, and this Teal is so small it can be split and 

 broiled like a spring Chicken. 



The Blue-winged Teal 



Length fifteen or sixteen inches — a little more than the Green- 

 winged Teal, but not much. 



Male : head dark-colored with a very large white bar on each 

 side in front of the eye. Body much variegated with black, brown, 

 and gray. ^lost of the outside of the wing sky-blue, not bright, 

 but as the sky looks on a dull day ; the beauty-spot shining green, 

 bordered with black, white, and buff. 



Under parts gray spotted and mottled with black, and quite 

 black under the tail, where there is a white spot on each side ; the 

 lining of the wings mostly white. 



Female : differs from the male on the head and body, but the 

 markings of the wings are nmch the same as his. 



A Citizen of North America, chiefly its eastern half, with a very 

 extensive breeding range, but mostly seen in the United States 

 during the migrations and in winter. The flesh is excellent. 



