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a month later in the Carolinas, a few lingering on the Delaware until the first week 

 in May. Mr. Audubon met with none of this species in Labrador. It is quite common 

 in Southern Wisconsin, according to Mr. Kumlien, arriving there early in the spring, 

 and a few undoubtedly remaining to breed. He has never with certainty met with 

 its nest, but has found one which he supposed must have belonged to this species. 



The Green-winged Teal was found in abundance about Fort Resolution and Fort 

 Yukon by Mr. Kennicott ; at Fort Rae by Mr. L. Clarke ; on the Yukon River and in 

 the Mackenzie River district by Mr. J. Loekhart ; on the Porcupine River by Mr. 

 Jones ; at La Pierre House by Mr. Iibbiston ; on Big Island by Mr. Reid, etc. 



Eggs of this species from Fort Simpson (Smithsonian Institution, No. 5084) are of 

 a pure ivory white color. Three of these measure respectively, 1.80 by 1.30 inches, 

 1.85 by 1.35, and 1.75 by 1.30. 



Nettion crecca. 



THE EUROPEAN GREEN WINGED TEAL. 



Anas crecca, Linn. S. X. ed. 10, I. 1758, 126; ed. 12, I. 1766, 204. 



Querquedula crecca, Stephens, Shaw'a Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 1824, 146. — Cotteb, Key, 1872, 2S7 ; 



Check List, is?:;, no. 494 ; ed. 'J. 1882, no. 714 ; B. N. W. 1874, 566. 

 Nation crecca, Baikd, B. X. Am. ISoS, 778; Cat. X. Am. B. 1859, no. 580. — Kidgw. Nom. X. 



Am. B. 1881, no. 611. 

 Querquedula siibcrecax et creaxrides, Bkehm, V. D. 1831, SS5, 8S6. 

 Teal, Y.ua:. Brit B. ed. 2, III. 281, fig. ; ed. 3, III. 282, fig. 



IIab. Palaearctic Region ; occasional in Eastern North America. 



Si-. Char. Adult nude: Similar to .V. carotin tisis, but side of the breast without any white 

 bar ; the outer scapulars with their inner webs creamy white, the forehead bordered on each side 



by a pale-buff line ; and the sides, back, etc., much more coarsely undulated. Adult female : Not 

 distinguishable with certainty from that of X. carolim nsis .' 



Total length, about 14.00 inches; wing, 7.00-7.30; eulmen, 1.45-1.50; tarsus, 1.10-1.25; 

 middle toe, 1.25-1.30. 



