DUCKS 247 



Wigeon and Wild Duck is stated to have been reared 

 two years in succession (Wellesley Taylor, Field, 

 Oct. 19, 1895). 



The weight of a " cock Wigeon " varies from 

 1 lb. 12 oz. to 2 lbs. ; a " hen " 10 oz. to 12 oz. less. 



TEAL. Querquedula crecca (Linnaeus). PI. 28, figs. 

 5, 6. Length, 14-5 in. ; bill, 1-5 in.; wing, 7-25 in. ; 

 tarsus, 1 in. 



A local resident, and, like the Wild Duck, migra- 

 tory in spring and autumn, receiving at the latter 

 season considerable accessions to its numbers from 

 the Continent. I have several times found the 

 nest in West Sussex, on the heath lands sur- 

 rounding West Harting ponds on the Uppark 

 estate, and always at a distance from the water. 



A hybrid between Teal and Wild Duck (de- 

 scribed as the Bimaculated Duck) was shot in 

 Anglesey in Jan. 1892 {ZooL, 1892, pp. 109, 148), 

 and another was taken in Captain Prettyman's decoy 

 at Orwell Park, near Ipswich (^.c). The former 

 specimen, which I had an opportunity of examining, 

 had yellow feet and partially upturned feathers in 

 the tail, clearly indicating its relationship to the 

 Wild Duck, and not to the Wigeon. '^ 



The weight of a Teal is from 12 to 14 oz. 



As the American Green- winged Teal {Querque- 

 dula carolinensis, Gmelin) is reported to have 

 occurred in Devon and Hants (Field, Dec. 23, 1879 ; 

 Jan. 3, 1880; and ZooL, 1880, p. 70), though 



1 See Stevenson, " Birds of Norfolk," iii. p. 184. 



