300 FEATHERED GAME 



The Widgeon is from eighteen to twenty-two 

 inches long and in extent varies from thirty to 

 thirty-two inches. 



On rare occasions the European widgeon 

 visits us. The male of this species varies con- 

 siderably from the male of the American bird. 

 The principal differences in coloring of the two 

 species are found in the markings of the head 

 and neck; the Old World's representative has 

 the forehead and crown creamy or buffy white 

 and on the sides of the head and neck is marked 

 with rufous. There is no decided stripe of 

 green behind the eye, though a few spottings 

 of metallic color show here. 



The females of the two are hardly distin- 

 guished from each other. 



THE GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 



(Nettion carolinensis.) 



The Teals are among the smallest of their 

 tribe, and among the finest in point of food qual- 

 ities and in beauty of plumage. Of the three 

 species native to the North American continent, 

 two, the Green-winged and the Blue-winged, are 

 well known and highly esteemed by the New, 



