THE TEAL. 113 



visitor to Britain; it is distinguished by long tail- 

 feathers. 



The Teal (Anas crecca\ although more abundant in 

 winter, is a breeder on the margins of our lakes. 



" Prestwick Carr," says Hewitson, " a fine piece of 

 wild moorland, intersected in all directions by drains 

 and spongy swamps, a few miles from the town of 



TEAL. 



Newcastle well known by the naturalists of the 

 neighbourhood for its riches in each of the branches, 

 and probably frequented by a greater number of 

 species of birds than any place of a similar size in 

 this, country is one of the breeding-places of the 

 Teal. In Mr. Hancock's collection are two nests of 

 this species, taken by himself on the 28th of April, 

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