NATATOEES. 



'V 



-<',^'\J H (-: 



ANATW^E. 



THE TEAL. 



Anas crecca. 



Anas crecca, The Teal, 



Querquedula 

 Anas 



Querquedula 

 Anas 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 279. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 392. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 125. 



SELBY, Brit. Omith. vol. ii. p. 315. 



JENTNS, Brit. Yert. p. 235. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Common 



The 



Common 



Sarcelle dhiver, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 846. 



THIS very prettily marked species, the smallest of our 

 Ducks, but one of the best as an article of food, is an 

 early and constant winter visitor, making its appearance 

 about the end of September, sometimes sooner than that, 



