The American Green-winged Teal 
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The Plumage of the American Green-winged Teal 
Adult Male. — Weight 14 ozs. ; length 14-5 inches ; wing 7-25 inches. 
Bill black ; feet and legs brown-grey ; head and neck rich chestnut, with a 
broad band of bright green extending from the eyes to the nape. The buff 
lines round this are thinner and not so well defined as in our Teal ; chin 
black ; breast buff, spotted with black ; on the back and flanks the black and 
white lines are more closely vermiculated than in the common Teal ; on the 
chest and in front of the bend of the wing is a broad crescentic bank of pure 
white or finely marked greyish-white feathers; wings blue-grey; the secondaries 
tipped with buff and containing a speculum, half bright green and half purple 
edged with black ; other parts like our Teal. 
The adult female very closely resembles our Teal, in fact the only 
apparent difference seems to be a somewhat richer colour in the red-browns 
of the American bird. 
The plumage-changes and moults are also the same as with the European 
Teal. 
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