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a month later in the Caiolinas, a few lingering on the Delaware until tlif; first week 

 in May. Mr. Audubon met witli none of this species in Labrador. It i.s quite common 

 in Southern Wisconsin, according to Mr. Kundien, arriving there early in the spring, 

 and a few undoubtedly remaining to breed. He has never with certainty met with 

 its nest, but has found one which he supposed must have belonged to this species. 



The Green-winged Teal was found in abundance about Fort llesolution and Fort 

 Yukon by Mr. Kennicott ; at Fort Kae by Mr. L. Clarke ; on the Yukon River and in 

 the Mackenzie River district ])y Mr. J. Lockhart ; on the Porcupine River by Mr. 

 Jones; at La Pierre House by Mr. libbiston ; on P>ig Island by ]\Ir. Reid, etc. 



Eggs of this species from Fort Simpson (Smithsonian Institution, No. 50.34) arc; of 

 a pure ivory white color. Three of these measure respectively, 1.80 by 1.30 inches, 

 1.85 by 1.35, and 1.75 by 1.30. 



Nettion crecca. 



THE EUROPEAN GREEN WINGED TEAL. 



Anas crecca, Lin'xV. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 126 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 204. 



Qiierqiicdula crecca, Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. ii. 1824, 14G. — CouES, Key, 1872,287; 



Check List, 1873, no. 494 ; ed. 2, 1882, no. 714 ; B. N. W. 1874, 566. 

 NcU ion crecca, BAinD, B. N. Am. 1858, 778; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 580. — I>idgw. Nom. N. 



Am. B. 1881, no. 611. 

 Qacrqiiedula suhcrccca et creccoidcs, Bhehm, V. D. 1831, 885, 886. 

 Teal, Yauu. Brit. B. ed. 2, III. 281, fig. ; ed. 3, III. 282, fig. 



ILxB. Palsearctic Region ; occasional in Eastern North America. 



Sp. Char. Adult male: Simihar to A^. caroUnensis,\mi side of the breast without any wliite 

 bar ; the outer scapulars with their inner webs creamy white, the lV)rehead bordered on each side 



by a pale-buff line ; and the sides, back, etc., much more coarsely imdulated. Adult female : Not 

 distinguishable with certainty from that of N. carolinensis ? 



Total length, about 14.00 inches; wing, 7.00-7.30; culmen, 1.45-1.50; tarsus, 1.10-1.25; 

 middle toe, 1.25-1.30. 



