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winter dress, his chestnut head with a conspicuous 
green streak across and behind the eye being his most 
distinctive features. The Duck, as is the case with 
the whole tribe, is much plainer in colour, being 
mottled brown, with much less conspicuous mark- 
ings on the head and wing. The nest is built in 
May among brushwood and herbage, usually near 
water ; dry grass and leaves are the materials, with 
the down of the Duck herself. Eight to a dozen 
eggs are laid, creamy bufF with a slight tinge of 
green. The note of the Teal is a shrill, whistling 
chatter, and it is extremely swift upon the wing. 
GARGANEY. 
{Ciuerquedula circia.) 
Cricket Teal, Summer Teal. — This, too, is a 
Duck which arrives in spring and breeds on a small 
number of inland lakes. It is a little larger than 
the Teal, and rather resembles it in general 
markings ; the best point of identification is a 
white stripe beginning above the eye and extending 
backwards some distance down the deep brown 
neck. The Drake in spring utters a peculiar jarring, 
rattling cry : hence the name of " Cricket Teal." 
The nest is built of dry grass and down, among 
