136 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



290. Anas crecca carolinensis Gm. THE AMERICAN 

 GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 



ANAS CAROLINENSIS Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, ii, p. 533 (1789 Carolina to 



Hudson Bay). 



Nettion carolinense (J. F. Gmelin), Saunders, p. 433. 



DISTRIBUTION. England. Two or three. Adult male Kingsbridge 

 estuary (Devon), Nov. 23, 1879 (H. Nicholls, Zool., 1880, p. 70). 

 Adult male near Scarborough (Yorks.), Nov., 1851 (J. Evans, op.c., 

 1852, p. 3472). One said to have been shot Hurstbourne Park 

 (Hants.) about 1840 (Saunders, p. 433). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Replaces Anas crecca crecca in North 

 America, winters in parts of United States and as far south as 

 Lower California, West Indies and even Honduras, accidental in 

 Hawaii, Bermudas, and Greenland. 



ANAS DISCORS 



291. Anas discors L. THE AMERICAN BLUE-WINGED 

 TEAL. 



ANAS DISCORS Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. xn, i, p. 205 (1766 Carolina to- 

 Virginia). 



Querquedula discors (Linnaeus), Saunders, p. 434 ; Yarrell, iv, p. 391 

 (in text). 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Two or three. Female Upper 

 Nithsdale (Dumfries), 1858 (Saunders, p. 434, Birds Dumfries., 

 pp. 276-8, cf. Brit. B., v, p. 257). Female Dee estuary (Cheshire), 

 about 1860 (Vert. Fauna Cheshire, p. 322). Immature female 

 (probably wild bird) Ballycotton (Cork), Ireland, Sept., 1910 

 (Bull. B.O.C., xxvii, p. 15; Brit. B., iv, p. 252). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Western Hemisphere ; breeding in Canada 

 and United States, wintering in parts of United States and south 

 to West Indies and South America. 



ANAS QUERQUEDULA 



292. Anas querquedula L. THE GARGANEY. 



ANAS QTJEKQUEDULA Linnaeus, Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 126 (1758 Europe. 



Restricted typical locality : Sweden). 



Querquedula circia (Linnaeus), Yarrell, iv, p. 393 ; Saunders, p. 435. 



DISTRIBUTION. British Isles. Summer resident and vagrant. 

 Breeds regularly Norfolk, Suffolk, and Kent ; has bred Durham 

 (1880-7), Yorks. (1882, 1908), Essex, Hants. (1897), Somerset 

 (1910). Elsewhere vagrant usually spring, less frequently autumn, 



