TEAL 



COMMON TEAL. 



PLATE CXCIL FIGURE I. 



Querquedula crecca, . . . SELBY. 



Anas crecca, .... PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



OF these birds the greater number retire to northern 

 regions to build, but others remain with us. 



The nest, which is usually built by the margin of an 

 inland lake, but sometimes near the sea-shore, and in clefts 

 of rocks and stony places, is placed among and constructed 

 of heath or grass, or other vegetable substances, in moorland 

 and marshy districts, in rushy or boggy places. There is a 

 thick lining of down and feathers : the whole is of rather 

 large size. 



The eggs are from eight to ten or even up to fifteen in 

 number. They are huffish or creamy white, sometimes with 

 a slight tinge of green. 



