EUROPEAN TEAL. 

 Anas crecca Linn. 



This is a European species, occurring only casually 

 in North America. It very closely resembles the com- 

 mon green-winged teal, but lacks the white bar on the 

 side of the breast, has the black and white markings of 

 the back and sides much heavier, has the inner webs of 

 the outer scapular and sometimes part of the outer 

 webs, white or yellowish, and the forehead bordered on 

 either side by a pale-buff line. The female is so sim- 

 ilar to the female green-winged teal that only an ex- 

 pert ornithologist can distinguish between the two. The 

 European teal is found occasionally in the Aleutian 

 Islands, and it has frequently been exposed for sale in 

 the New York markets with other ducks shot in the 



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