CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 8I 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
One pair, taken at Indian Head, Assa., in May, 1892, by Mr. W. 
Spreadborough. One set of eleven eggs of this species, taken 
at Edmonton, Alberta, June Ist, 1897, by Mr. W. Spreadborough. 
Also other eggs taken by Mr. Raine at Rush Lake, Assa. 
XLIX. NETTION Kavp. 1829. 
138. European Teal, 
Nettion crecca LINN.) Kaup. 1829. 
Accidental on the eastern coast of the Dominion. A few ex- 
amples have been killed in Danish Greenland. (Arct. Man.) Coues 
obtained a female in Labrador, July 23rd, 1860. (Packard.) Very 
rare in Nova Scotia. Only one specimen taken as far as I am 
aware. (Downs.) A male of this species was procured by me at 
Atka Island, June 28th, 1879. It was the only specimen I ever 
observed. (Zurner.) 
139. Green-winged Teal. 
Nettion carolinensis (GMEL.) BAIRD. 1858. 
Four specimens are known to have been taken in South Green- 
land prior to 1860. (dArct. Man.) Since 1860 one male and two 
females have been taken in Greenland. (Winge.) It is a sum- 
mer resident on the coast of Labrador, in Newfoundland and 
New Brunswick, but seems to be rare inland, although it has 
been taken at York Factory and Churchill. It may breed in 
Quebec, but though moderately common in Ontario is not known 
to breed there. 
From Manitoba to the Pacific Coast this bird is common and 
breeds in greater or lesser abundance from Lat. 49° to the Arctic 
Sea and throughout British Columbia and Alaska. It is rare in 
the Rocky Mountains, but was breeding on Vermilion Lakes at 
Banff, in May, 1891 ; and at Téte Jaune Cache, B.C., in June, 
1898. It seems to prefer the valley of the Mackenzie for its north- 
ern range, as it is known to be rare to the eastward of that valley, 
and Macfarlane says that it is the rarest of the breeding ducks at 
Fort Anderson. Its centre of abundance is from Lat. 50° to 56° 
in the territories. 
