!}66 QUERQUEDULA DISCORS, BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 



fact ; and I am still uncertain whether some eggs of Teal taken along 

 the Milk Elver, in Montana, were of this or the succeeding species. 

 According to Mr. Dall it breeds in Alaska, about the 20th of May. 

 The eggs are about eight in number, of a pale, dull, greenish color, 

 measuring from 1.75 to 1.90 in length, by 1.20 to 1.30 in breadth. The 

 nest is built on the ground, of grass and weeds, lined with feathers. 



Note. — The European Green-wiuged Teal, which occurs as a straggler to this couu- 

 try, has the following synonymy : 



QUERQUEDULA CUECCA, {Lbin.) Stcj)ll. 



Antw crecia, LiNN., Fn. Suae. 45. 



Jvas crecca, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 204.— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 532.— Lath., lud. 



Orn. ii, 1790, 872.— Pall., Zoog. K.-A. ii, 1811, 263.- Temm., Man. 1815, 547.— 



BoiE, Isis, 1822, 564.— LiCHT., Verz. 1823, 84.— Flem., Br. An. 182H, 125.— 



Brehm, V. D. 1831, 884.— Jen., Man. 1835, 23^).— Temm., Man. ii, 183.5, 846 ; 



iv, 1840, 539.— Keys. & Blas., Wirb. Eur. 1840, 85.— Selys-L., Fu. Belg. i, 



1842, 142.— Naum., V. D. xi, 1842, 701, pi. 304.— Schl., Rev. Crit. 1844,113; 



M. P.-B. viii, 1865, 52.— Degl., Orn. Eur. ii, 1849, 438.— Swinh., P. Z. S. 1863, 



324 (China).- Jkhd., B. Iiid. ill, 1864, »06. 

 QuerqueduJa crecca, Steph., Shaw's Gen. Zooh sii, pt. ii, 1824, 146. — E\'t., Mon. Anat. 



1838.— Bp., List, 1838, 57.— Macg., Man. ii, 1842, 167.— Gray, Cat. Br. Mus. 



1844, 137 ; Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 616 ; List Br. B. 1863, 194.— Reich., Syst. Av. 



1852, ix. — Degl.-Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii, 1867, 521.— Coues, Key, 1872, 287. 

 Nettion crecca, Kaup, Sk. Ent. Eur. Tli. 1)S29, 95.— Bi)., B. N. A. 1858, 778. —Coues, Pr. 



Phila. Acad. 1861, 238 (Labrador).— Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 298. 

 Querquedida subcrecca et creccoidcs, Brehm, V. D. 885, 886. 



QUERQUEDULA DISCORS, (Linn.) Steph. 



Blue-winged Teal. 



Anas discors, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 205 (quotes Querq. nmer. rariefjata, Gates., 100; 

 Bitiss., vi, 452, and Querq. amer. fiisca, Gates.. 99, and Querq. rir(iiniai)a,Biuss., 

 Yi, 455).— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, .535.— Lath.', lud. Orn. ii, 1790, 854.— WiLS., 

 Am. Orn. viii, 1814, 74, pi. 68, f. 4.— Vieill., Euc. Metb. 1823, 156.— Bp., Obs. 

 Wils. 1825, No. 262 ; Syu. 1828, 385.— Wagl., Isis, 1831, 531.— Aud., Orn. Biog. 

 iv, 1838, 111, pi. 313 ; S^ n. 1839, 282 ; B. Am. vi, 1843, 287, pi. 393.— GiR., B. L. 

 I. 1844, 315.— DeKay, N. Y. Zool. ii, 1844, 339.— Trippe, Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1871, 

 119 (Minnesota).- Schl., M. P.B. viii, 1865, 50. 



Anas (Bvschas) discors, Hw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 444.— Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 397. 



QuerqueduJa discors, Steph., Shaw's Gen. Zool. xii, 1824, 149.— Gray, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 1844, 138.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 779 ; Mex. B. Surv. 1859, 26.— Cac, ,T. f. O. v, 

 1857, 228 (Cuba).— Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, 64 (Honduras).— ScL., ihid. 393 

 (Oaxaca) ; I860, 83 (Ecuador) ; 1860, 254 (Orizaba) ; 1861, 82 (Jamaica).— ScL., 

 &. Salv., ibid. 1869, 252 (Venezuela).— ScL. &. Saly., Ibis, i, 1859, 231 (Guate- 

 mala).— Tayl., ibid. 1860, 315 (Tigre Island).— Blak., ibid, iv, 1862, 9 ; v, 1863, 

 146.— Dress., )7;(V7. 1866, 43 (Texas, breeding).— Ross., Canad. Nat. April, 

 1862.— Verr., Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 153.— Bry., Pr. Bost. Soc. vii, 1859 (Baha- 

 mas).— Lawr., Ann. Lye. viii, 1864, 102 (Sombrero); 1869, 143 (Costa Rica).— 

 SuND., Ofv. Vid. Med. 1869, 591 (St. Bartholomew).— Degl.-Gerbe, Orn. 

 Eur. 1867, 520.— Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 299.— Dall & Banx., Tr. Chic. 

 Acad, i, 1869, 297 (Alaska, breeding).— Hayd., Rep. 1862, 176.— Coop. «feSucK., 

 N. H. Wash. Ter. 1860, 254.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 183 (Kansas^- 

 Aiken, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv, 1872, 210 (Colorado).— Trippe, ibid. 241 (Iowa).— 

 Coues, Key, 1872, 287.— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 11. 



Cyanoptcrus discors, Eyt., Mon. Anat. 1838.— Bp., List, 1838, 57.— Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 

 101.— Bl.\s., B. Eur. 1862, 21 (Frauce). 



Pterocyariea discors, Bp., Comptes Reudus, xlii. 18.56, 6.50.— Cray, Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 

 617.— WooDii., Sitgr., Rep. 1853, 103.— Newr., P. R. R. Rep. vi, 1857, 103? (Cali- 

 fornia and Oregon ; may rather refer to Q. cuanoptera). 



Eah. — North America, chiefly east of the Rocky Mountains. To the Pacific coast in 

 Alaska. AVest Indies. Mexico. Central aud South America to Ecuador. Accidental 

 in Europe (Frauce, Revue Zool. 1857, 62). , 



