Class II. 



TEAL DUCK. 



thers edged on their exterior sides and tipt with 

 white. 



In many places these birds are called the 

 Summer Teal. 



Anas Crecca. A. speculo ala- 

 rum viridi, linea alba supra 

 infraque oculos. Lath. Ind. 

 orn. 872. id. Syn. vi. 551. 

 id. Sup. i. 276. id. Sup. ii. 

 360. 



Querquedula. Gesner av. IO6. 



Garganei. Aldr. av. ill. gO. 



Wil. orn. 377. 



Rail Syn. av. 147- 



La petite Sarcelle. Brisson av. 

 vi. 436. tab. 40. Jig. 1. HisL 

 dJois. ix. 265. PL Enl. 947- 



Rothantl, Pfeiffantl. Kram. 



343. 

 Spiegel-Entlein. Frisch. ii. 174. 

 Anas Crecca. Gm. Lin. 532. 

 Arta, Kraecka. Faun. Succ. 



sp. 129. 

 Cimlris Atteling-And. Nor- 



vegis Hestelort-And. Danis 



Communiter Krik - And. 



Brunnich, 82, 83. 

 Br. Zool. 158. add. plates. 



Arct. Zool. ii. 305. 



29. Teajo. 



jl he male teal weighs about twelve ounces : Descrip* 



• • • TION"* 



the female, nnie ; the length is fourteen inches ; 

 the breadth twenty-three. The bill is black 5 

 the head, and upper part of the neck, are of a 

 deep bay ; from the bill to the hind part of the 

 head is a broad bar of glossy changeable green, 

 bounded on the lower side by a narrow white 

 line ; the lower part of the neck, the beginning 

 of the back, and the sides under the wings, are 

 elegantly marked with waved lines of black and 

 white ; the breast and belly are of a dirty white i 



