AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 



ANAS CAROLINENSTS, J. F. Gmelin. 



Anas carolinensis, /. F. Gmelin, S. N. i. p. 533. 

 Nettion carolinensis, Baird, Brewer, Ridgway, Water- 

 Birds of N. Am. ii. p. 2. 



An adult male of this Teal was shot on 23rd 

 November, 1879, on an arm of the Kingsbridge 

 estuary, South Devon, and its capture was recorded by 

 the owner, Mr. H. Nicholls, in the 'Zoologist' (1880, 

 p. 70). Two earlier instances of the occurrence of 

 other specimens have been recorded. Mr. A. Fellowes, 

 in the same volume of the ' Zoologist,' stated that he 

 possessed an example shot by his father before 1840 

 at Hurstbourne Park, Hants ; and Mr. J. Evans (Zool. 

 1852, p. 3472) has recorded that an adult male, now in 

 Lord Hill's collection, had been shot near Scarborough, 

 in November 1851. 



The Green-winged Teal is a common bird in North 

 America, breeding chiefly in countries lying to the 

 north of the United States. The winter is passed 

 further south ; a few birds at that season reach Mexico 

 and even Honduras. [0. S.] 



