566 QUERQUEBULA DISCORS, BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 



fact ; and I am still uncertain whetlier some eggs of Teal taken along 

 the Milk Eiver, in Montana, were of this or the succeeding species. 

 According to Mr. Dall it breeds in Alaska, about the 20th of May. 

 The eggs are about eight in number, of a pale, dull, greenish color, 

 measuring from 1.75 to 1.90 in length, by 1.20 to 1.30 in breadth. The 

 nest is built on the ground, of grass and weeds, lined with feathers. 



XOTE.— The European Green-winged Teal, which occurs as a straggler to this coun- 

 try, has the followiug synonymy : 

 QUEEQUEDULA CKECCA, {lAnn.) Steph. 



Anas erecia, Lixx., Fn. Snec. 45. 



Jnas crccca, LixN., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 204.— Gm., Svst. Nat. i, 1788, 532.— Lath., Ind. 



Ora. ii, 1790, 872.— Pall., Zoog. R.-A. ii, 1811, 263.— Temm., Man. 1815, 547.— 



BoiE, Isis, 1822, .564.— Licht., Verz. 182;!, 84.— Flem., Br. An. 1828, 125.— 



Brehm, V. D. 1831, 884.— .Jex., Man. 18:S, 23').- Temm., Man. ii, 1835, 846; 



iv, 1840, 539.— Keys. & Blas., Wirb. Eur. 1840, 85.— Selys-L., Fn. Belg. i, 



1842, 142.— Naum., V. D. xi, 1^42, 701, pi. 304.— Schl., Rev. Crit. 1844,113; 



M. P.-B. viii, ]86o, 52.— Degl., Oru. Eur. ii, 1849, 438.— Swmn., P. Z. S. 1863, 



324 (Chiua).— Jbed., B. Ind. iii, 1864, 806. 

 Querquedrda creeca, Steph., Shaw's Gen. Zool. xii, pt. ii, 1824, 146.— Eyt., Mon. Anat, 



1838.— Bp., List, 1838, 57.— JIacg., Man. ii, 1842, 167.— Gkay, Cat. Br. Mus. 



1844, 137 ; Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 616 ; List Br. B. 1863, 194.— Reich., Syst. Av. 



18.52, ix.— DEGL.-GEiiBE, Oru. Eur. ii, 1867, 521.— Coles, Key, 1872, 287. 

 Nettion creeca, Kaup, Sk. Ent. Eur. Th. 1829, 95.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 778. -COUES, Pr. 



Phila. Acad. 1861, 238 (Labrador).- Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 298. 

 (jHirquedula suhcrecca et creucoides, Beehm, V. D. 885, 886. 



QUEEQUEDULA DISCORS, (Linn.) Steph. 

 Blae-winged teal. 



Anas discors, LiXN., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 205 (quotes Querq. amei: variegaia, Gates., 100; 

 TBeiss., vi, 452, and Querq. anter.J)m:a, Gates., 99, and Querq. rirginianajBuiss., 

 vi, 455).— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 535.— Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 854.— WiLS.,- 

 Am. Orn. viii, 1814, 74, pi. 68, f. 4.— Vieill., Enc. Moth. 1823, 156.— Bp., OIjs. 

 Wils. 1825, No. 262 ; Syn. 1828, 385.— WaGL., Isis, 1831, 531.— AuD., Orn. Biog. 

 iv, 1838, 111, pi. 313 ; S> n. 1839, 282 ; B. Am. vi, 1843, 287, pi. 393.— Gin., B. L. 

 I. 1844, 315.— DeKay, N. Y. Zool. ii, 1844, 339.— Tbippe, Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1871, 

 119 (Minnesota).— SCHL., M. P.B. viii, 1865, 50. 



A7>as (Boschas) discors, Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 444. — Nctt., Man. ii, 1834, 397. 



Qnerquedula discors, Steph., Shaw's Geu. Zool. xii, 1824, 149. — Gray, Cat. B. Br. Mns. 

 1844, 138.— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 779; Mex. B. Surv. 1859, 26.— Cab., .7. f. 0. v, 

 ltf.07, 228 (Cuba).- MOOEE, P. Z. S. 1859, 64 (Honduras).- SCL., ibid. 393 

 (Oaxaca); 1860, 83 (Ecuador) ; 1860, 254 (Orizaba) ; 1861, 82 (Jamaica).— ScL., 

 & Salv., ibid. 1869, 252 (Venezuela).— .ScL. & Saxv., Ibis, i, 1859, 231 (Guate- 

 ' mala).— Tayl., ibid. 1860, 315 (Tigre Island).- Blak., ibid, iv, 1862, 9 ; v, 1863, 

 146.— Dress., iUd. 1866, 43 (Texas, breeding).— Eoss., Canad. Nat. April, 

 1862.— Veer., Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 153.— Bey., Pr. Bost. Soc. vii, 1859 (Baha- 

 mas).— Lawk., Ann. Ltc. viii, 1864, 102 (Sombrero); 1869, 143 (Costa Rica).— 

 SrxD., Ofv. Vid. Med". 1869, 591 (St. Bartholomew).— Degl.-Gerbe, Orn. 

 Eur. 1867, 520.— Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 299.— Dall & Baxx., Tr. Chic. 

 Acad, i, 1869, 297 (Alaska, breeding).— Hayd., Rep. 1862, 176.— Coop. & Suck., 

 N. H. Wash. Ter. 1860, 254.— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 183 (Kansas).— 

 Aiken, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv, 1«72, 210 (Colorado).- Trippe, ibid. 241 (Iowa).— 

 Coues, Key, 1672, 287.— Sxow, B. Kans. 1873, 11. 



Cyanopterus discors, Eyt., Mon. Anat. 1833. — Bp., List, 1838, .57. — GosSE, B. Jam. 1847, 

 101.— Blas., B. Eur. 1862, 21 (France). 



Fterocyunea discors, Bp., Comptes Rendus, xlii, 1856, 650.— Gray, Gen. of B. iii, 1849, 

 617.— AVooDH., Sitgr., Rep. 1853, 103.— Newb., P. E. E. Rep. vi, 1857, 103? (CaU- 

 fornia and Oregon ; may rather refer to Q. cyanoptera). 



JSab. — North America, chieily east of the Rocky Mountains. To the Pacific coast in 

 Alaska. West Indies. Mexico. Central and South America to Ecuador. Accidental 

 in Europe (France, Revue Zool. 1857, 62). 



