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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



Baldpate 



Length, 19; wing, 10| (10-11); tail, 4; tareiis, U; culmen. If. 

 Northern parts of the Old World, occurring occasionally in the eastern 

 United States. 



34. Baldpate (137. Anas americcina). — A brownish-backed, 

 reddisli-bvcastod. white-bellied duck with a speckled, light-col- 

 ored, mainly buify head and neck. 

 From the eye backward on the side of 

 the head there is a glossy green patch 

 and the crown is almost white. The 

 wing coverts are largely white, the spec- 

 ulum green with a black border, and 

 the under tail coverts abruptly black. 

 The femctle has a light, speckled, buffy 

 head and neck similar to the male, but 

 it lacks the white crown and the green 



eye patch. The great amount of white on the wing coverts 

 and belly distinguishes this from other ducks. This duck 

 ranks high among sportsmen on account of the delicacy of the 

 flesh. It feeds upon the same " wild celery " as the canvas- 

 back, Ijut it cannot dive, so it watches the diving ducks and 

 filches their prey the 

 moment their heads 

 appear. (American 

 Widgeon.) 



Length, 20; wing, lOJ 

 (10-11); tail,4J; tarsus, 

 \\ ; culmen, li. North 

 America; breeding main- 

 ly north of the United 

 States, and wintering 

 from Virginia to north- 

 ern South America. 



35. Green - winged 

 Teal (139. Anas caro- 

 linensis). — A very 



Green-winged Teal 



small, common, chestnut-headed, wavy-lined, gray duck, with 

 shining green patch on the side of the head, a green speculum 



