1 12 COMMON TEAL. 



from the form of the last. In general they are of 

 a more slender form and smaller size, the bill is 

 scarcely so broad in proportion, the laminae are 

 even less developed, and the tail in what has 

 been considered teals is more accuminated. Per- 

 haps these may be the true generic forms, that 

 of the mallard, and one or more species approach- 

 ing close to it being rather the digression to the 

 grallatorial structures we have just left. In habits 

 they agree, frequenting inland marshes, rivers, and 

 lakes, and seldom seeking the vicinity of the coast. 

 In illustration, we have represented our native teal 

 grouped with that from America, which was long 

 confounded with it 



