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Key to Plate No. 12 Plate No. 12 - 



WINTER PLUMAGES 



(A) GREEN-WINGED TEAL, adult male. 



(B) GREEN-WINGED TEAL, adult male wing. 



(C) GREEN- WINGED TEAL, adult female. 



(D) GREEN-WINGED TEAL, adult female wing. 



Chief distinguishing features of GREEN-WINGED TEAL: MALE, (a) 

 Hind toe without lobe, (b) extremely small size, (c) vertical white bar on 

 each side of body in front of wing. FEMALE, (a) Hind toe without lobe, 

 (b) extremely small size, (c) speculum, black outwardly and green in- 

 wardly; bordered in front with brown and behind with white. 



(E) EUROPEAN TEAL, adult male. 



(F) EUROPEAN TEAL, adult male wing. 



(G) EUROPEAN TEAL, adult female. 



(H) EUROPEAN TEAL, adult female wing. 



Chief distinguishing features of EUROPEAN TEAL: MALE, (a) Hind toe 

 without lobe, (b) extremely small size, (c) horizontal white bar along line 

 of shoulder above folded wing. FEMALE. Same as for female Green- 

 winged Teal. For minor differences see "Specimen Identification" of 

 Green-winged Teal in text. 



Autumn Plumage, Green-winged Teal. Plate No. 14. 

 Downy Young, Plate No. 33. 



Text : Green-winged Teal, page 198 ; European Teal, page 195. 



