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TEA L. 



Class IL 



290. Teal. Querquedula. Gejker&v. 106. 

 Garganei. Aldr. a-v. III. 90. 

 Wil. arm 377. 

 Rail Jyn. aw. 147. 

 La petite Sarcelle, Brijjbn av. 



VI. 436. /#£. 40. fig. 1. 

 Rothantl, PfeifFantl. Kram. 



343- 

 Spiegel-Entlein. Frifcb, II. 



174. 



Anas Crecca. Z»/». ^/. 204. 

 Arta, Kraecka. Faun. Suec. 



fp. 129. 

 Cimbris Atteling-And. Nor- 



*vegis Heftelort-And. Dam's 



Communiter Krik - And . 



Brunnich, 82, 83. 

 Br. Zool. 158. add. plates. 



Descrif. at^HE Teal weighs about twelve ounces: the 

 •*• length is fourteen inches \ the breadth twen- 

 ty-three : the weight of a drake twelve ounces ; of 

 a duck nine: the bill black: the head, and up- 

 per part of the neck are of a deep bay : from the 

 bill to the hind part of the head is a broad bar of 

 glofiy changeable green, bounded ■ on the lower 

 fide by a narrow white line : the lower part of the 

 neck, the beginning of the back, and the fides un- 

 der the wings, are elegantly marked with waved 

 lines of black and white. 



The bread and belly are of a dirty white; the 

 firft beautifully fpotted with black : the vent black : 

 the tail fharp pointed, and dufky : the coverts of 

 the wings brown : the greater quil-feathers duflcy ; 

 the exterior webs of the lefTer marked with a glofTy 

 green fpot; above that another of black, and the 

 tips white : the bides whitifh ; the legs dufky. 

 The female is of a brownilh afh color, fpotted 



with 



