612 NETTION 



Kamchatka, south in winter to China, India, and Ceylon ; of 

 occasional occurrence in eastern North America. 



Is essentially a fresh-water Duck, only found on salt-water in 

 exceptional cases. It feeds ab night on vegetable substances, 

 grain, seeds, worms, and slugs, &c. Its nest is placed on the 

 ground, amongst grass, frequently under a bush, and is composed 

 of bents and down. The eggs from 8 to 10, occasionally as 

 many as 15, are deposited in May and are yellowish white like 

 old ivory and measure about 178 by T31. 



851. AMERICAN TEAL. 

 NETTION CAROLINE NSE. 



Nettlon carolinense (Gmel.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 533 (1778) ; (Audub.), B. Am. 

 vi. p. 281, pi. 392 ; Salvador!, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxvii. p. 250 ; 

 Ridgway, p. 94 ; Saunders, p. 433 ; (Lilford), vii. p. 96, pi. 38. 



c ad. (N. America). Differs from A T . crecca in wanting the striped 

 scapulars and in having a broad whitish orescentic band on each side of 

 the breast, and the vermiculations in the plumage are much finer; The 

 female closely resembles that of N. crecca. 



Hob. North America, breeding usually north of the United 

 States, migrating in winter south to the West Indies, Mexico, 

 and Honduras ; Greenland ; of rare occurrence in Europe but has 

 been obtained at least twice in Great Britain. 



In habits and nidification it does not differ from N. crecca, and 

 its eggs resemble those of that species, and in size average 1'76 

 by 1-30. 



852. BAIKAL TEAL. 

 NETTION FORMOSUM. 



Nettion fonnosum (Georgi), Reis. Russ. Reich, p. 168 (1775); (Temin. 

 and Schlegel), Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 127, Tabb. 82s and c ; 

 (Dresser), vi. p. 521, pi. 428; (David and Oust.) Ois. Chine, 

 p. 503; Salvador!, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxvii. p. 240; (Tacz.) F. 0. 

 Sib. 0. p. 1138; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 442; A. 

 glocitans, Pall. Acta. Holm. xl. p. 33, Tab. i. (1779) ; (Gould), 

 B. of E. pi. 363. 



KlokuscTika, Moklok, MoJcloschka, Russ. ; Aji, Jap. 



$ ad. (Siberia). Crown, hind-neck, throat, and a band across the 

 face black ; face and sides of neck buff margined with white ; crown behind 

 the eye bordered with white ; a crescentic green band from behind the eye 

 round the nape ; back blue-grey finely vermiculated with black and white ; 



