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the situation and materials of the nest, the period of incubation, 

 the number of eggs are all similar in every important respect to 

 those of the Palasarctic species. The eggs are the same creamy 

 white colour, and measure on an average i"8 inch in length by 

 I -3 inch in breadth. Down undescribed, but probably precisely 

 similar to that of the Common Teal, seeing that the females of 

 the two species are entirely alike in colour. 



Diagnostic Characters.— (Nuptial plumage). Anas, with 

 the mantle vermiculated, with a green band on the sides of the 

 neck reaching to the eye, with the head chestnut, and with a 

 broad white crescent on each side of the breast (adult male) ; 

 similar in every external character to the female of the Common 

 Teal (adult female). Length, 14 to 15 inches. 



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