CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BIRDS. 85 



XLIX. NETTION Kaup. 1829. 



138. European Teal. 



Nettion crecca (Linn.) Kaup. 1829. 



Accidental on the eastern coast of the Dominion. 



A few examples have been killed in Danish Greenland. (Arct. 

 Man.) Coues obtained a female in Labrador, July 23rd, i860. 

 (Packard.) Very rare in Nova Scotia. Only one specimen taken 

 as far as I am aware. (Downs.) A male of this species was pro- 

 cured by me at Atka island, June 28th, 1879. It was the only 

 specimen I ever observed. (Turner.) 



139. Green-winged TeaL 



Nettion carolinensis (Gmel.) Baird. 1858. 



Four specimens are known to have been taken in south Green* 

 land prior to i860. (Arct. Man.) Since i860 one male and two 

 females have been taken in Greenland. (Winge.) It is a summer 

 resident on the coast of Labrador, in Newfoundland and New Bruns- 

 wick, an uncommon migrant in Nova Scotia, and seems to be rare 

 inland in the east, although it has been taken at York Factory and 

 Churchill and Spreadborough found it common and breeding on 

 both sides of James bay. It may breed in Quebec, but though 

 moderately common in Ontario is not known to breed there. 



From Manitoba to the Pacific coast this bird is common and 

 breeds from lat. 49° to the Arctic sea and throughout British Colum- 

 bia and Alaska. It is rare in the Rocky mountains, but was breed- 

 ing on Vermilion lakes at Banff, in May, 1891; and at T^te Jaune 

 Cache, B. C, in June, 1898. It seems to prefer the valley of the 

 Mackenzie for its northern range, as it is known to be rare to the 

 eastward of that valley, and Macfarlane says that it is the rarest of 

 the breeding ducks at Fort Anderson. Its centre of abundance is 

 from lat. 50° to 56° in the territories. 



Breeding Notes. — I found a nest containing eggs at Crane lake, 

 Sask., June 5th, 1893. It is not so plentiful as the blue- winged 

 teal. (Raine.) 



Dall notes this species as one of the first arrivals on the Yukon 

 in spring, and one of the first to lay its eggs. One set of eggs was 



