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KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



America and the We.st Indies. The eggs are pale brownish white from 

 eii^lit to twelve in number. The note of the male is three soft whistles " Do 

 mi do" of the scale ; the female " quacks." 



The European Widgeon {Anas poiclopc), wliich occasionally wanders to 

 our shores, has the head cinnamon, speckled with brown while the American 

 form has the head grayish speckled with dusky. 



Subgenus NETTION Kaup. 



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(Male.) (Female.) 



ANAS CAROLINENSIS GmeL 

 Qreen=winged Teal. 



Head and neck chestnut brown ; a patch of green behind the eye extending to the nape. 

 Feathers are somewhat elongated forming a small crest ; sides and back pale, marked with 

 narrow fine lines of black; under parts white, shading into pale brown or buff on the breast, 

 which is also spotted with black ; speculum green bordered with black and chestnut. 



Adult fetnale : Has top of the head brownish margined with reddish brown; throat and 

 side of the neck white spotted with black ; breast brownish with black spots ; rest of under parts 

 white, sometimes showing black spots on the under tail coverts. 



Length, 14.50; Wing, 7.20; Tarsus, 1.25; Bill, 1.40. 



This species ranges throughout North America breeding north of the 

 United States. Ranges south in winter to the West Indies, the Gulf of 

 Mexico and Central America ; common in Florida in winter. Tlie eggs are 

 pale brownish white and usually number from seven to twelve. 



The male whistles sharp and low, and the female " quacks." 



