QUEEQUEDULA. — MAEECA. 171 



Querquedula crecca carolinensis. 



American Gkeen-winged Teal. 



Anas carolinensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. pt. 2, 1789, p. 533: 

 Hudson Bny. 



Querquedula carolinensis {Gmel.); B. 0. V. Lint, 1st ed. 1883, 



p. 127. 

 Nettion carolinense {Gmel.); Salvadori, Cat. Birds JB. M. xxvii. 



1895, p. 250 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 483. 



Carolineii sis = from Carolina, in North America. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Eare Visitor ^^l)icll 

 has occurred three times : — in Hurstbonrne Park, Hampshire, 

 about 1840 ; a male at Scarborough, Yoikshire, Nov. 1851 ; 

 a male on Kingsbridge estuary, Devonsliire, Nov. 1879. 



General Distribution. — The American Green- winged Teal 

 breeds in North America from the Aleutian Islands and 

 Alaska eastwards to Ungava and Newfoundland and from 

 central California to New Brunswick. In winter its 

 migrations extend to Mexico, Central America, and the West 

 Indies. It has wandered to Greenland, the Bermudas, and 

 even to the Hawaiian Islands. 



Genus MARECA Stephens, Gen. Zool. xii. pt. 2, 1824, 



p. 130. 

 Type : M. penelope (Linn.). 



Mareca, the native name, according to Marograye, of the Brazilian Teal 

 (Querquedula brasiliensis). 



Mareca penelope. Wigeon. 



Anas penelope Linnwus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 126: Sweden. 



Mareca penelope (Linn.) ; B. O. 11. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 123 ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 1895, p. 227 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 437. 



Penelope ; 7r)))/eXo;{i=a kind of Duck with purple stripes, in classical Greek 

 which was said to have fed Penelope, subsequently the wife of Ulysses, after 

 her parents had thrown her into. the sea, from Triji/jj^woof, and oi/;is=sight, 

 " braided looking." 



Distribution in (he British Islands. — A Resident, breeding 



