128 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT OF GEELONG 
Teal from the female Grey Teal by some peculiarity 
of the feet, of which they were unable to give me 
closer details. 
Campbell states that the eggs of the Mountain 
Teal are rich cream-colour and larger than those of 
the Grey Teal, which are creamy-white. 
In my opinion the evidence, conflicting as it is, 
does not warrant our recognising more than one 
species in the present state of our knowledge. 
I agree with the market-shooters that throughout 
this district the Grey birds are in a great majority 
over the Chestnut, though the former are not so 
abundant as they were. Of the large flocks which 
even yet visit Connewarre, very few pairs breed in 
the district, and I believe none breed where you 
might expect them to, that is, in the tussock-grass on 
the Lake banks. The only nests I have seen were at 
Bream Creek and the You Yangs, in both instances 
consisting of a pile of grey down plucked by the birds 
from their breasts, in which the eggs were buried, 
the site being in each case the hollow spout of a 
living redgum. Teal at one time nested freely 
along the Little River, Moorabool, and Barwon ; 
always in hollows of trees. 
GARGANEY TEAL 
Querquedula querquedula humeralis 
In the year 1898 a pair of Garganey Teal (till then 
never observed in Australia, their nearest habitat 
