ANAS CRECCA. 



TEAL. 



Generic Character. ^S^^ Anas Cygnus (ferus.) 

 Synonyms. 



Anas Crecca. Lin, Syjl. i. p. 204. 33. Ind, Om^ 



2. p. 872. 100. 

 Common Teal. Br. Zool. 2, 2^0, lb. f oh tab. addenda^ 

 " Ar£i, Zool. 2. p. ^>]']. P. Lath. Syn, 



6. p. 551, 88. Lk Supt. p. 276. 

 Teal. Mont. Orn. Bicl. Vol. 2. Bewick's Br, Birds ^ 



Pr.2.p.^S^. 

 Anas Circia. Lift. Syft. 1. p. 204. 34. 

 Summer Teal. Lath. Syn. 6. p. 552. 89. 



Th E weight of this diminutive fpecies is about twelve 

 ounces, its length is fourteen inches, and breadth nearly 

 ^wenty-three. Bill llender ; irides yellowifh hazel ; tail cu- 

 niform, compofed of fixteen feathers 5 legs flendcr. 



We purpofe giving a figure of the female in a future 

 number. 



It arrives in this country in the month of 0£lober, in fmall 

 flocks ; flies fwift, and dives admirably ; it aflbciates with 

 , other fpecies of duck, and confiderable numbers are daily fent 

 %o the London markets during the winter months from the 

 decoys, 



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