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European Teal: 



"Nettion crecca," or European Teal, is a species that is 

 widely distributed in the Old World, and is accidental in 

 the Western Hemisphere. It has been recorded in Green- 

 land, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Maine, Massachusetts, Con- 

 necticut, Long Island, in the vicinity of Washington, D. C v 

 California, and Alaska. 



Green- winged Teal: 



This duck, "Nettion carolinense," is common south of 

 the United States in Mexico, at least as far as Jalapa, the 

 City of Mexico, Michoacan, and Jalisco. It is also common 

 in the Bahamas, but is rare in Cuba, Jamaica, and Hondur- 

 as. This species is one of the most abundant ducks through- 

 out the southwestern United States during winter. It is very 

 hardy, and in general remains as far north as open water 

 may be found. It winters in western Montana, up to cen- 

 tral Utah, southern Nebraska, southern Iowa, central Illi- 

 nois, central Indiana, western New York, and Rhode Is- 

 land. Its 'principal winter home, however, lies in the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley south of latitude 37 degrees. 



Blue- winged Teal: 



"Querquedula discors," or Blue-winged Teal, migrate 

 over a vast territory, and are found throughout northern 

 South America, south to Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, 

 during winter. In Central America they are plentiful, as 

 well as in Mexico and the West Indies, and they are equal- 

 ly common during the winter in the Gulf States and north 

 as far as North Carolina. They do not range much north 

 of the Gulf States in the Mississippi valley, though a 1V\\ 

 scatter widely as far as southern Indiana, and southern Il- 

 linois; while a few r winter in Arizona, California and north 

 to southern British Columbia, This species is not com- 



