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TEAL. 



COMMON TEAL. 



PLATE CXCII. FIG. I. 



Anas crecca, . . . Pennant. Montagu. 

 Qiierquedula crecca, . . Selby. 



Of these birds also, the greater number retire to 

 northern regions, such as Icchmd, to build, but others 

 remain with us. They have been found on Strensall 

 Common, near York. 



The nest, which is usually built by the margin of 

 an inland lake, but sometimes near the sea-shore, and in 

 clefts of rocks and stony places, is placed among, and 

 constructed of heath or grass, in moorland and marshy 

 districts. There is a thick lining of down. 



The eggs are from ten, or eleven, to fifteen in num- 

 ber. They have been found under a furze bush without 

 any nest. 



