TEAL. 



NAT A TO RES. 



281 



ANATID^E. 



THE TEAL. 



Anas crecca. 



crecca, The Teal, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 279. 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



,, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 392. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 125. 



Common SELBV, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 315. 



Tlie JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 235. 



Common GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. ix. 



Sarcelle d'hiver, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 846. 



THIS very prettily marked species, the smallest of our 

 Ducks, but one of the best as an article of food, is an 

 early and constant winter visiter, making its appearance by 

 the end of September, sometimes sooner than that, and 



A nets 



Qucrquedula 



Anas 



Querquedula 



