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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



America and the West Indies. The eggs are pale brownish white from 

 eight to twelve in number. 



The European Widgeon {^^\ii(k< pciiclopc), which occasionally wanders to 

 our shores has the head cinnamon, speckled with brown while the American 

 form has the head grayish speckled with dusky. The note of the male is 

 three soft whistles " Do mi do" of the scale : the female " quacks."' 



Subgenus NETTION Kaup, 



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(Male.) 



(Female.) 



ANAS CAROLINENSIS Gmc/. 

 Qreen=winged Teal. 



Head and neck chestnut brown ; a patch of green behind the eye extending to the nape. 

 Feathers are somewhat elongated forming a small crest: sides and back pale, marked with 

 narrow fine lines of black ; under parts white, shading into pale brown or buff on tlie breast, 

 which is also spotted with black; speculum green bordered with black and cliestnut. 



Adult female: Has top of the head brownish margined with reddish brown; throat and 

 side of the neck white spotted with black ; breast brownish with black spots ; rest of under parts 

 white, sometimes showing black spots oij the under tail coverts. 



Length, 14.50; Wing, 7.20; Tarsus, 1.25; Bill, 1.50. 



This species ranges throughout North America breeding north of the 

 United States. Ranges south in winter to the West Indies, the Gulf of 

 Mexico and Central America ; common in Florida in winter. The eggs are 

 pale brownish white and usually number from seven to twelve. 



The male whistles sharp and low, and the female " quacks." 



