340 NEW-YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 



Leib (Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Vol. 8, p. 203) on the borders of Lake Erie in Michigan : he 

 describes them as 15 to 18, of a delicate cream-color. It appears with us in September, 

 when it is abundant on the Hudson, and soon leaves for the South. Its geographical range 

 through the interior extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and along the coast from Mexico 

 to 58° north latitude. 



THE GREEN- WINGED TEAL. 



Anas carolinensis. 



plate cxii. fig. 249. 



(STATE COLLECTION. Cabinet of the Lyceum.) 



Anas carolinensis, Gmelin, p. 533. American Teal, Pennant, Arct. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 569. 



A. crecca. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 8, p. 101, pi. 60, fig. 4. 



A. sylvatica, Vieillot. Nijttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 400. 



A- (Anas) id. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 443. 



A. carolinensis. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 6, p. 281, pi. 392. 



A. (Boschas) crecca. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol.2, p. 443. 



Querquedula carolinensis. Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List. Giraud, Birds of Long island, p. 314. 



Characteristics. Mirror bright green : black on the sides, margined with white and rufous. 

 Male : head and neck chesnut ; a green band on each side of the head, 

 through the eyes. Female, wholly dusky varied with white ; throat 

 white; bill and feet bluish. Length, 14 "0. 



Description. Head subcrested, with rather elongated feathers. Bill scarcely as long as 

 the head, somewhat enlarged towards the tip ; the lamellar teeth projecting on the sides. 

 Nostrils small, sub-basal, pervious, oblong-oval. Tail rather pointed, of sixteen feathers ; the 

 central pair 0-4 longer than the outer, and filiform at their tips. 



Color. Male : The green band on the sides of the head ends in bluish black on the back 

 part of the neck. A brownish black patch on the chin and the throat. Head and neck bright 

 chesnut. Breast reddish brown, with round dark-colored spots. A broad white or yellowish 

 white oblique stripe, or slightly curved, 1 ' 3 in length, on each shoulder. Female : Chin and 

 belly white. Crest wanting. Head and neck greyishy streaked with dark brown : sides 

 barred with brown. 



Length, 13'5-14'5. 



The Green-winged Teal is common on all our freshwater lakes and ponds, during the 

 autumn and winter. Its flesh is very savory. It breeds along the great lakes and northwardly. 

 Observed by Mr. Townsend on the shores of the Pacific. Eggs dull yellowish white. On 

 the Atlantic, it ranges from 23° to 70° north. 



