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TEAL. 



COMMON TEAL. 

 PLATE CXCII. FIG. I. 



Anas crecca, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Querguedula crecca, SELBT. 



OP these birds also, the greater number retire to northern regions, 

 such as Iceland, to build, but others remain with us. They have been 

 found on Strensall Common, near York. 



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, in moor- 

 land and marshy districts. There is a thick lining of down. 



The eggs are from ten or eleven to fifteen in number. They have 

 been found under a furze bush without any nest. 



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