PLATE CXCII. 



ANAS CRECCA. Fern. 

 COMMON TEAL. Female. 



Anseres. 



GEJ^ERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill convex and obtufe, the edges divided into lamellate teeth: 

 tongue fringed and obtufe : three fore toes conne6ted, the hind one 

 folitary. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Wing fpot green : line above and below the eye white, male, — Head 

 and neck whitiih and brown varied ; wing fpot green : vent white. 



Anas Crecca: fpeculo alarum viridi, linea alba fupra infraque 

 oculos. Linos. — Caput et collum albidu fufcoque 

 varia ; alae ut in mare : crilTum totum album, fern. 

 Linn. Syft. 1. p. 204. 33. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 872. 100. 



Querquedula fecunda Aldr. Rail. Syn. p. 148. 9. 

 Common Teal. fern. Lath. Gen, Syn. 6. 551. 88. 



The 



