Till'. CREEX-WIXCI'-.I) Tl^AL. 



s()ci;il)k- IS till' l)irir> (li^])i isitii iii. ilial a lunc llalilpau- will ufK-u ix'liini ti> the 

 decoys after se\eral slmts lia\e heeii lired al liiiii. Their hnnip nf eiirinsitv is 

 alsii iin(|iiesti()iial)ly (le\'eli)])e(l td an ahiicirnial extent, fur 1 lia\e crawled tn 

 within a cimple <if hinidfed \ards nf a llnck anil lured tliein up tn within ten 

 yai'ds (if me simply li\- h,i;htmj; a pipe and ]inrrini; a clmid nf snmke into the 

 ail' at sill lit inter\ als. 



Their principal call is a lispint^, thrnatv whistle, repealed three times in 

 (jtiick snccessiiiii. It is snrprisingh' lis^iit in character fur the size nf the bird, 

 and serves tn CMiilirni tlie hird's ]Misilii>n mi the list next tn the TeaK. Altlio 

 (|uite ini]insvil)Ie In descrilic. the imte is ratlier easily imitated w lien heard a few 

 times, -.{ml frei|neiitly pnues a \alu;ilile additinn tn tlie repcrti lire nf the wild- 

 fnwl liiinter. The niiK ntlier iinte 1 h;i\e heard them ntler is a low, slmrl 

 chattering, snmcwliat rescnil)lin<;- that nf the rintail. liiit yreatK reduced in 

 \iilunie. Tlieir i|nacks. i ir s(|nawks, nf alarm .alsn express the limit nf terrnr. 

 hut are still patlK-licalK in;ide(|uate in cniiiparisnii with tlmse. sa\-, nf a hen 

 Mallard. 



.\llhn these liinN remain in the I'nget Snnnd cnuntrv until late in May, 

 it is \er\- dnnhtful if aii\- raise their _\'nuiig. In the lake reginn nf the central 

 part of the Sl.ate. hnwe\er. tlie\' occur in limited numbers durino- the breeding 

 season, and it is practicalh' certain that thev nest there, althn iin eggs ha\'e 

 actualb been repnrled. 



llunters should carefulh- examine all of these liirds that they kill, fur, if 

 one is found with the head largel}' suffused with red-ljrown, it is unquestion- 

 ably the luimiiean Widgenii, a \'ery rare \isitnr fmm across the ocean. 



T. Id. I'.owi.i-:?. 



No. 310. 



GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 



.\. ( ). I'. Xii. i,V). Nettion carolinensis iCiniel.). 



Synonym. — .\m i'.uicax ( tRKKx-wi-\c,i:ii Ti: \i.. 



Description. — .'dull male: llead .and upper neck bright chestiuit. blacken- 

 ing rill chin; darker mi fnrehead and crnwii. with a glnssy green ]iatch frmn and 

 including e\ e tn iia]ie. usualb sejiarated frnm clie^tnut lielnw by a n.iirnw white 

 line wiiicli is smnetimes traceable ti 1 bill: a short cccii)ital crest velvety i)urplisli 

 lilack ; a crescentic white patch on side nf breast before wing: sides of lireast and 

 sides, back, and sca]3ulars continuous with iiarmw cervical collar, black and wdiitc 

 in fine wavy bars or verniiculations : fnre-neck and breast brnwnish bufif, fading 

 tn ^ilky white nr biiffx- mi bellv, heavilv marked anteriorly with round s])ots, more 

 or less concealed, nr imt. according to age and season ( ?l: wing-coverts, inter- 

 scapulars, tertiaries, rnni]). and |:osteriiir parts, slaty .gray or fuscons with an oli- 



