50 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[Bs8s, C493-R607, C713.] 



Geog. Dist. — North America, from the Arctic Ocean south, in 

 winter, to Guatemala and Cuba. Breeds chiefly north of United 

 States. 



Subgenus NBTTION Kaup. 



Nettion Kaup, Sk. Ent. Europ. Thierw. 1829, 95. Type, Anas 

 crecca Linn. 



[138.] Anas crecca Linn. 

 European Teal. 



Anas crecca Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 126. 



[Bs8o, C494, R611, C714.J 



Geog. Dist. — Northern parts of the Old World. Occasional in 

 eastern North America, the Aleutian Islands, and California. 



139. Anas carolinensis Gmel. 



Green-winged Teal. 



Anas carolinensis Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 533. 



[B 579, C 495, R612, C 715.] 



Geog. Dist. — North America, breeding chiefly north of the'United 

 States, and migrating south to Honduras and Cuba. 



Subgenus QUBRQUEDtTLA Stephens. 



Querquedula Stephens, Gen. Zool. XII. pt. ii. 1824, 142. Type, 

 Anas querquedula Linn. 



140. Anas discors Linn. 



Blue-'winged Teal. 



Anas discors Linn. S. N. ed. 12, I. 1766, 205. 



[B 581, C 496, R 609, C 716.] 



Geog.'Dist. — North America in general, but chiefly eastward ; 

 north' to Alaska, and south to the West Indies, Lower California, 

 and northern South America. Casual in California. Breeds 

 from Kansas and southern Illinois northward. 



