220 KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 
America and the West Indies. The eggs are pale brownish white from 
eight to twelve in number. 
The European Widgeon (Anas penelope), which occasionally wanders to 
our shores has the head cinnamon, speckled with brown while the American 
form has the head grayish speckled with dusky. The note of the male is 
three soft whistles ‘* Do mi do” of the scale; the female ‘+ quacks.” 
Suscenus NETTION Kavp. 
(Male.) (Female.) 
ANAS CAROLINENSIS Gwme/. 
Green-winged Teal. 
Head and neck chestnut brown; a patch of green behind the eye extending to the nape. 
Feathers are somewhat elongated forming a small crest; sides and back pale, marked with 
narrow fine lines of black; under parts white, shading into pale brown or buff on the breast, 
which is also spotted with black; speculum green bordered with black and chestnut. 
Adult female: UHas top of the head brownish margined with reddish brown; throat and 
side of the neck white spotted with black ; breast brownish with black spots ; rest of under parts 
white, sometimes showing black spots on the under tail coverts. 
Length, 14.50; Wing, 7.20; Tarsus, 1.25; Bill, 1.50. 
This species ranges throughout North America breeding north of the 
United States. Ranges south in winter to the West Indies, the Gulf of 
Mexico and Central America; common in Florida in winter. The eggs are 
pale brownish white and usually number from seven to twelve. 
The male whistles sharp and low, and the female ‘* quacks.” 
