EUROPEAN TEAL. 



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neighborhood. The most important distinguishing 

 mark between these two very similar birds is the white 

 bar on each side of the breast, which is so noticeable in 

 our green-winged teal, but absent in the European 

 species. 



In December, 1900, two of these teal were killed 

 near Merrick, L. I., N. Y., by Mr. Sherman Smith. 



European observers tell us that this teal is abundant 

 over the Old World ; that it breeds in Great Britain and 

 Ireland and is common over Lapland, Russia and 

 Northern Asia. It is readily domesticated. 



