Unlefs molefted the Teal will return annually to the fame 
haunts ; a curious inftance of which came to our knowledge a 
few months ago ; fome gentlemen were out on a fhooting 
excurfion, in the fens of Lincolnfhire, in the winter of 1810, 
and coming fuddenly on fome Teal, a fhot was fired, which 
brought one down, which being only wounded in the wing, it 
was taken off clofe to its body, and as the bird appeared un- 
hurt elfewhere, it was conveyed alive to the eftate of one of 
the party, fituated in Kent, .where it was turned out with the 
other fpecies of ducks, and foon became familiar and accompa- 
nied them to the farm-yard ; it foon recovered and feemed 
to be quite reconciled to its domeftic afTociates, till the return 
of mild weather, wjiich happened early in February, when it 
grew uneafy, and kept fluttering about almofl cominually, 
and refufed its food ; in a few days the bird was milTed apd 
was not to be found. In the month of January 1812, fome 
of the fame party paid a fecond vifit to the fens, and on re- 
turning to the fpot where they met with fuccefs laft feafon, 
they found more Teal, fome of which were killed, and 
among them the bird loft the preceding year, which was 
clearly identified by marks on its feet, as well as by its wanting 
a wing. 
A variety of this fpecies is frequently confounded with the 
Oarganey, under the name of Summer Teal. 
