QUERQUEDULA NETTION 611 



Hob. North America generally, chiefly east of the Rocky 

 Mountains, ranging south in winter through the whole of 



the West Indies and Central America to Ecuador. 



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In its general habits it does not appear to differ from the 

 Garganey, and its nest and eggs resemble those of that species. 

 It is only a very rare straggler to Europe, and has occurred 

 once in Denmark, and at least once in Scotland. 



NETTION, Kaup, 1829. 



850. THE TEAL. 

 NETTION CRECCA. 



Nettion crecca (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 204 (1766) ; (Naum.) xi. p. 701, 

 Taf. 304 ; (Hewitson), ii. p. 410, pi. cxiv. fig. 2 ; (Gould), B. of E. 

 v. pi. 362 ; (id.), B. of Gt. Brit. v. pi. 16 ; (Dresser), vi. p. 507, 

 pi. 426 ; (David and Oust.) Ois. Chine, p. 502 ; Salvadori, Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. xxvii. p. 243 ; (Tacz.), F. 0. Sib. 0. p. 1141 ; (Blanf.), F. 

 Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 443; (Seebohm), B. Jap. Emp. p. 244; 

 Saunders, p. 431 ; (Lilford). vii. p. 94, pi. 37. 



Sarcelle d' hiver, French ; Marreco, Portug. ; Cerceta, Span. ; 

 Alsavola, Ital. ; Kruckente, German ; Wintertaling, Dutch ; 

 Krihand, Dan. and Norweg. ; Krickan, Swed. ; Giksa, Lapp. ; 

 Tavi, Finn. ; Tschirisk, Russ. ; Jerkedj t Arab. ; Chota-MurgliaU, 

 Kerra, Hindu. ; Ko-gamo, Jap. 



$ ad. (England). Crown, nape, sides of neck and throat deep chestnut ; 

 sides of head glossy green, above and below margined with whitish ; chin 

 blackish ; back grey vermiculated with black and white ; upper tail- 

 coverts black narrowly margined with fulvous ; elongated scapulars black 

 and white ; speculum metallic green ; under parts whitish vermiculated 

 with black on the lower breast and flanks, and indistinctly on the 

 abdomen ; upper breast spotted with black ; under tail-coverts black ; 

 whitish along the edge, with a cream-coloured patch on each side ; bill 

 blackish; legs and feet brownish grey; iris brown. Culmen T55, wing 

 7'0, tail 27, tarsus 0'8 inch. Female blackish brown mottled with reddish 

 brown above ; under parts whitish mottled with brown and rufous on the 

 upper breast and flanks ; a loral spot and throat clear buff ; wings duller 

 than in the male. The male assumes a plumage like that of the female in 

 the summer. 



Hah, The whole of Europe, north to Northern Lapland and 

 Iceland, rare in Greenland ; Canaries ; Azores ; North Africa 

 in winter, south to Abyssinia ; Asia east to Japan, north to 



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