UPLAND SHOOTING. 119 



THE GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 



Anas Crecca, sire, CaroUnensis. 



" Male, 14^.24. Female, 13^22i 



" Dispersed throughout the country during autumn and spring. 

 Extremely abundant during winter in all the Southern States 

 and Texas. Breeds sparingly along the Great Lakes, and far 

 North. 



" Adult Male. 



" Bill almost as long as the head, deeper than broad at the 

 base, depressed toward the end, its breadth nearly equal in its 

 whole length, being, however, a little enlarged toward the 

 rounded tip. Upper mandible with the dorsal line at first slop- 

 ing, then concave, toward the ends nearly straight, the ridge 

 broad and flat at the base, then broadly convex, the sides con- 

 vex, the edges soft, with about fifty-five lamellie. Nostrils 

 sub-basal, near the ridge rather small, elliptical, pervious. 

 Lower mandible flattish, with the angle very long and rather 

 narrow. The dorsal line very short, straight, the sides perpen- 

 dicular, with about a hundred and thirty lamellee. 



" Head of moderate size, compressed. Neck of moderate 

 length, rather slender. Body full, depressed. Wings rather 

 small. Feet short, placed rather far back. Tarsus short, com- 

 pressed at its lower part, anteriorly with two series of scutella, 

 the rest covered with reticulated angular scales. Toes scutel- 

 late above ; first toe very small, free, with a narrow membrane 

 beneath ; third longest, fourth a little shorter ; the anterior toes 

 connected by reticulated webs, of which the outer is deeply si- 

 nuate. Claws small, curved, compressed, acute ; the hind one 

 smaller and more curved ; that of the third toe largest, and with 

 an inner sharp edge. 



" Plumage dense, soft, blended. Feathers of the middle of 

 the head and upper part of hind neck very narrow, elongated, 

 with soft, filamentous, disunited bands ; of the rest of the head 



