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EUROPEAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL 

 (Netiwn crecca) 



Adult male — Similar to the American species, but without white 

 bar on the breast ; the forehead and wing-coverts bordered by a 

 pale buff line ; the black and white markings on back and sides 

 are broader. The female is hardly distinguishable from the 

 female of the American green-winged teal. 



Habitat — Inhabits the northern parts of eastern hemisphere, breed- 

 ing from Iceland to the Commander Islands, and south to north- 

 western Africa and Japan, and in winter occurs from the 

 Canary Islands, northern Africa, Somaliland, and India, east 

 to the Philippines. Recorded in North America from Green- 

 land, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New 

 York, Virginia, California, and the Aleutian Islands. 



This bird has occasionally been taken in many 

 parts of America, and is probably more common 

 than supposed, it being overlooked on account 

 of its close resemblance to the North American 

 variety. 



In size, eggs, and habits it resembles our 

 species. 



GREEN-WINGED TEAL 



(Nettion carolinensis) 



Adult male — Head and neck, chestnut, with broad, metallic green 

 band from eye to nape, terminating in a tuft of purplish black ; 

 a narrow, buff line borders the under side of the green band ; 

 chin, black ; back and sides, crossed with narrow, wavy black 

 and white lines ; lower back, dark brownish gray ; upper tail- 

 coverts, dusky, edged with white ; tail feathers, brownish gray, 

 edged with white ; a broad white bar in front of bend of wing ; 

 speculum, metallic green, bordered beneath by a broad, black 

 bar, tipped with white ; breast, light buff, mottled with round, 

 black spots; growing indistinct on under parts, which are white ; 



