GREEN- WINGED TEAL. 71 



green. l)liuU Ixinlered. Length, 'iO-'i-J; wing, 11; tail, ;i ; tar.su.s, 2; bill, U-l.j; 

 female known l>y the wing niai'kings. 



Hap.. .Voith .\niei-ica, from the Arctic Ocean south to (Guatemala and 

 Culm. 



Nest, on the grounil in the marsh ; it is comjiosed of grass and weeds. It is 

 neatly formed and lined with feathers and <lown from the breast of the bird. 



Eggs, eight to twelve, pale btitl'. 



He.seml)les the (Tjidwall in appearance, but can always he dis- 

 tinL,aiislit'(l l)y the creamy white crown which has suggested for the 

 species the taiuihar name of " Baldpate." It is also more abundant 

 than the Gadwall, being often seen in flocks of fifty to one hundred 

 during the season of migration. It has a wide l)reeding range 

 throughout the United States and British America. At the St. Clair 

 Flats it has often been seen at midsummer, but so far I have no 

 record of its nest or eggs having been found there. It seems rather 

 tender, and is one of the first to retire to the south in the fall. 



Tn the " Birds of Manitoba," we read regarding this species : 

 " Abuiiflant summer resident, breeding at Lake Manitoba and in all 

 the sloughs in this vicinity. This is the last duck to ai-rive in the 

 spring and the first to leave in the fall. In LS84, first seen April 

 16th."— Nash. 



It has been observed in Alaska l)ut only in limited numbers, 

 ai-riviiig there early in May and leaAing early in October. 



Submenus NETTION Kaup. 

 ANAS GAROLINENSIS Gmelin. 



41. Green-winged Teal. (1-59) 



Head and upper neck, chestnut, with a broad glossy green band on each 

 side, uniting and blackening on the nape; under parts, wliite or whitish, the 

 fore breast with ciicular black spots ; upper parts and flanks closely waved 

 with blackish and white; a white crescent in front of the wing; crissum, black, 

 vai'ied with wliite or cream-\- ; speculum, rich green, bordered in front with 

 buffy tips of the greater coverts, behind with light tips of secondaries ; no blue 

 on the wing ; bill, black ; feet, gray. Female differs in the head markings, but 

 those of the wing are the same. Small; length, 14-15; wing, 7i; tail, 3i ; bill, 

 H ; tarsus, l^. 



Hab. — North America, chiefly breeding north of the United States, and 

 migrating south to Honduras and Cuba. 



Nest, on the ground, built of dried grass, and lined with featiiers. 



Eggs, usually eight, pale dull green or buft'. 



