BLUE-WmCED TEAE. 



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together again and going on in a close bunch. If a 

 flock is seen flying by, they may sometimes be attracted 

 by a soft, Hsping note, and if they see the decoys they 

 are Hkely to drop in among them. The blue-winged 

 teal is fond of running about over mud flats and sifting 

 them for food, and in localities where they are abund- 

 ant a place such as this is one of the very best in which 

 to tie out for them. 



As with the green-wing so with this species — great 

 numbers may be killed by the single discharge of a gun, 

 provided it is properly aimed. Audubon speaks of 

 having seen eighty-four birds killed by the single dis- 

 charge of a double-barreled gun. 



