BLUE-WINGED TEAL 
140. Querquedula discors. 15.5 in. 
Male.—Head gray, with a white crescent in front of | 
the eye; underparts buffy, heavily spotted with black; 
wing coverts blue; speculum green. Female similar to | 
the female Green-winged Teal, but with blue wing eov- | 
erts. Teal can easily be distinguished from other ducks | 
by their small size; the present species can usually be 
separated from the last, by the darker underparts, the 
longer neck and smaller head. Their flight is very 
rapid; it probably appears to be more rapid than that 
of other ducks because of the much smaller size of the | 
Teal. They usually fly in compact lines and when ready | 
to alight, do so very precipitously. 
Notes.—a weak, but rapidly uttered quacking. 
Nest.—Made of weeds, placed in tall grass bordering | 
marshes or ponds. 6 to 10 buffy eggs are laid during 
May or June. (1.90x 1.30). 
Range.—Breeds from Maine, Ohio and Kansas north- 9 
ward; winters in the lower half of eastern United 
States. 
