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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
the head and neck speckled with dusky, the markings enlarged 
and aggregated on pileum so as to form the prevailing color, and 
also along upper border of auricular region, producing a more or 
less distinct postocular stripe; crop, sides, and flanks heavily 
spotted with dusky; belly sometimes plain whitish, but usually (?) 
speckled. Young male: Similar to adult female, but entire belly 
and sides immaculate white. Downy young: Above grayish brown, 
with a light grayish buff spot on each side of back and a similar 
pair on rump; wings crossed near end by a light grayish buff bar; 
head, neck, and lower parts dull light buff, the pileum and nape 
grayish brown, darker on top of head, where scarcely reaching the 
forehead ; a dusky postocular streak, and an oblong dusky auric- 
ular spot. Length 12.50-15.00, wing 6.25—-7.40, culmen 1.40-1.60, 
tarsus 1.25, middle toe 1.30-1.35. Eggs 1.75 x 1.28, pale dull buff. 
Hab. Whole of North America, breeding chiefly north of the United 
States, in winter, south to Honduras and Cuba. 
139. A. carolinensis Gur. Green-winged Teal. 
e. Adult male: Similar to corresponding stage of A. carolinensis, but no 
white bar on side of breast, black and whitish undulations of sides, 
ete., much coarser, inner webs of outermost scapulars wholly and 
outer webs partly white, the exposed portion of outer webs mostly 
black ; other plumages not distinguishable with certainty from cor- 
responding stages of A. carolinensis (?); size about the same as A. 
carolinensis. Eggs 1.76 X 1.30, pale dull buff. Hab. Northern por- 
tions of eastern hemisphere ; occasional in eastern North America. 
138. A. crecca Linn. European Teal. 
a?. Culmen shorter than middle toe, without claw. 
b. Distance from anterior border of nostril to tip of upper mandible more 
than three times the distance from same point to nearest loral feathers ; 
lamella numerous, fine, more than 30 being visible from outside; tail- 
feathers 16. (Subgenus Chaulelasmus Bonaparte.) 
Adult male: Head and neck pale brownish or whitish, thickly speckled 
with black; top of head sometimes plain light brown; crop varied 
with crescentic bars of white and black, the latter predominating; 
sides, back, and scapulars finely undulated with slate-color and 
white; many of the longer scapulars plain brownish gray, broadly 
edged with paler; middle wing-covert region bright chestnut, the 
anterior lesser coverts brownish gray, and the posterior ones deep 
black, the last row deep velvety black; speculum white, the lower 
feathers ashy, narrowly tipped with white; crissum and upper tail- 
coverts deep velvety black; bill bluish black, iris brown, legs and 
feet dull orange-yellow, the webs dusky. Adult male in breeding 
season: Similar to the winter male, but colors duller, crown dusky, 
rump and breast tinged with rusty, and under parts more spotted 
with dusky. Adult female: Colors chiefly brownish dusky and 
