86 TEAL. 



TEAL. 



COMMON TEAL. 

 PLATE CXCII. FIGURE I. 



Anas crecca, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



Querquedula crecca, SELBY. 



OF 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, 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 ten or eleven to fifteen in 

 number. They have been found under a furze bush 

 without any nest. 



