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BIRDS—ANATINAE—NETTION CAROLINENSIS, T17 
List of specimens. 
Catal. | Sex. | Locality. | When col- | Whence obtained.) Orig. | Collected by— Length. | Stretch Wing. | Remarks. 
No | | lected. | | No. of wings. | 
| - | = | 
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10333} OM Recess do... 
| ees cceecesers ° 
6896 | ¢ | Nelson river, H. B. T...| | Jno. Isbister... 
8910 |-.+0e. | Nebraska.....sceseeeee | | Dr. Hayden.... | 
SLOT ees oe | Devil's river, Texas .... | 19,50 30.00 | 10.00, Bill brown, edges yellow, 
| eyes brown, gums yellow. 
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5119 | G@ | Indianola.............. | Feb. 13, 1855) Capt. Pope ...... 
5120 | @ | Ojo del Cuerpo ........ |Mar. 9, 1856 jrreee POO ssievecistec 
SIIS sees | Dona Afia, N. M.......| Feb. 10, 1856) ....4. do.... 
O77Sh hese sare Mimbres to Rio Giande.|..... ....-0s | Dr. Henry | 
S77lo|eeeee | Bodega, Cal.........-..| Dec. —, 1854 | Lt. Trowbridge... 
4454 | San José, Cals... +.++e- |ececees .. | A.J. Grayson... | 
9768 | | Fort Vancouver, W. T.| Dec. 9, 1853 | Gov. Stevens .... | 
| | | | | dark. 
9770 | .seee- Fort Steilacoom.,...... | Feb. 2, 1854]...... dO.. cee eeee | 26 |rcceee dO..ceeeee) 18.50] 24.95 8.00 |. .cccecccccscccccsenocces . 
9767 | Go [esse Ocseteacisenvecses | April —, | eeecee COssecesssealecetes Moers GOsscececs 28.00 | 37.00 | (10.501) \Jouncetceenssctresee iereatiere 
NETTION, Kaup. 
Netlion, Kaur, Entwick. 1829. Type Anas crecca, L. (Gray.) 
Querquedula, Bonar. List, 1838. Not of Stephens, 1824. 
Cu.—Bill unusually narrow, longer than the foot ; the sides parallel ; the upper lateral angle not extending back as far as 
the lower edge. Nail very narrow, linear, and about one-fifth as wide as the bill. 
The European and American species of Nettion (Querquedula, of Bonaparte, Eyton, &c.) agree 
in having the head and neck chestnut, with a broad patch of green on the side of head ; the breast 
has rounded black spots; the upper part and sides are finely waved transversely with black 
and grayish white ; the crissum is black, edged with creamy yellow; the wing coverts are 
plain olive gray, the greater with a terminal bar of fulvous ; the speculum is green, edged exter- 
nally and internally with black. The diagnoses are as follows: 
A white crescent on the side, just anterior to the bend of the wing. Scapulars plain grayish 
LOW lcewisccosen nanos sn ticiecs ssircsawsieesnitaesinssic ces scle daisies atiseeiadesoaaecs Seeaceecraaeatis as eadassodl ANCOMOLUNENStse 
No crescent on the sides ; longer scapulars, creamy white internally, velvet black externally. 
tieht lineson the side of head more) distinct. .iss.sces..-cune.->s0cnse-ss0ssnessdesssaeto roca lV, CLECCE. 
NETTION CAROLINENSIS, Baird. 
Green-winged Tea, 
Anas carolinensis, GMELIN, Syst. Nat. I,1788, 533—Avp. Syn. 1839, 281.—Is Birds Amer. VI, 1843, 281 ; pl. 392. 
Reiupr. Vid. Med. for 1853 (1854), 84 (Greenland.) 
Querquedula carolinensis, SterH. Shaw’s Gen. Zool. XII, 1824, 148. 
Anas crecca, var. Forster, Phil. Trans, LXII, 1772, 383, 419. 
Anas crecca, Witson, Am. Orn. VIII, 1814, 101; pl. Ixx.—Bow. Obs. No. 263.—In. Syn. 386.—Avp. Orn. Biog. II, 
1853, 218: V, 616; pl. 228. 
Anas (Boschas) crecca, Sw. F'. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 400.—Nurraxt, Man. II, 1834, 400. 
© Anas sylvatica, Vieitior.”’ 
‘American Teal, Pennant, II, 569.—Larn. Syn. II, n, 554. 
August 18, 1858. 
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