136 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



290. Anas crecca carolinensis Gm. — THE AMERICAN 



GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 



Anas carolinexsis Gmelin, Sy.st. Nat., i, ii, p. 533 (1789 — Carolina to 



Hudson Bay). 



Nettion carolinense (J. F. Gmelin), Saimders, p. 433. 



Distribution. — England. — Two or three. Adult male Kingsbridge 

 estuary (Devon), Nov. 23, 1879 (H. Nicholls, Zooh, 1880, p. 70). 

 Adult 'male near Scarborough (Yorks.), Nov., 1851 (J. Evans, opx., 

 1852, p. 34721. One said to have been shot Hurstbourne Park 

 (Hants.) about 1840 (Saunders, p. 433). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Replaces Anas crecca crecca in North 

 America, winters in x^arts of United States and as far south as 

 Lower California, West Indies and even Honduras, accidental in 

 Hawaii, Bermudas, and Greenland. 



ANAS DISCORS 



291. Anas discors L.— THE AMERICAN BLUE-WINGED 



TEAL. 



Ajstas discors Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, i, p. 205 (1766 — Carolina to 



Virginia). 



Querquedida discors (Linnaeus), Saimders, p. 434 ; Yarrell, iv, p. 391 



(in text). 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Two or three. Female Upper 

 Nithsdale (Dumfries), 1858 (Saunders, p. 434, Birds Dumfries.^ 

 pp. 276-8, c/. Brit. B., v, p. 257). Female Dee estuary (Cheshire), 

 about 1860 {Vert. Fauna Cheshire, p. 322). Immature female 

 (probably wild bird) Ballvcotton (Cork), Ireland, Sej)t., 1910 

 {Bull. B.O.C., xxvii, p. 15; ^ Brit. B., iv, p. 252). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Western Hemisphere ; breeding in Canada 

 and United States, wintering in parts of L'nited States and south 

 to West Indies and South America. 



ANAS QUERQUEDULA 



292. Anas querquedula L.— THE GARGANEY. 



AxAS Querquedula Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 126 (1758 — Europe. 



Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Querquedida circia (Linna?us), Yarrell, iv, p. 393 ; Saunders, p. 435. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Summer resident and vagrant. 

 Breeds regularly Norfolk, Suffolk, and Kent ; has bred Durham 

 (1880-7), Yorks. (1882, 1908), Essex, Hants. (1897), Somerset 

 (1910). Elsewhere vagrant — usualty spring, less frequently autumn, 



