GREEN-WINGED TEAL 
139. Nettion carolinense. 14 in. 
Head reddish-brown; speculum and large patch back 
of eye, green; a white crescent in front of wing. Female 
with the head and neck whitish, finely streaked with 
dusky; wings as in male. These ducks are abundant in 
most parts of the United States, but are rather uncom- 
/mon in New England. They are usually seen in flocks 
of ten or a dozen, and often a single bird, or two or 
three, may be found with a flock of Mallards. They 
frequent ponds, marshes and rush-grown shores of creeks, 
rivers or lakes, feeding upon shellfish, insects, aquatic 
plants and seeds. 
Notes.—Shrill, piping whistles, rapidly repeated. 
Nest.—On the ground under the shelter of tall grass; 
it is made of weeds and grass, and lined with feathers. 
They lay from 5 to 9 eggs, buffy (1.85x 1.25); May, 
June. 
Range.—Breeds from the northern tier of states north- 
ward; winters from Va., Ill. and British Columbia, 
southward. 
