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American Green-winged Teal {Nettion caroUnense, J. 
F. Gmelin), 89 
Diet, 89 
Distribution, 89 
Habits, 89, 90 
Nest and eggs, 90 
Numbers killed in Canada and U.S., 90 
Plumage, 91 
iVmerican Trumpeter Swans at Woburn Abbey, 6 
American Wigeon {Mareca Americana, J. F. Gmelin), 
55 
' Bald-pate,' 55 
Call-note, 56 
Courtship, 56 
Distribution, 55 
Habits, 55, 56 
Nest and eggs, 56 
Plumage of male and female, 57 
Arnold on nests of Green-winged Teal, 90 
Author : 
Adventure in bog-shooting, 65 
Studies change of plumage in Mallard drake, 18 
Barrington, Mr., hybrid between Gadwall and 
Wigeon, 35 
Bean Geese breeding, 34 
Bernicle geese breeding, 34 
Birds : 
Artificial rearing and driving, 17 
Differ in disposition and temperament, 10, 84 
Blaauw, Mr., induces Teal to nest, 33 
Blackcock loses plumage, 13 
Blue-Avinged Teal {Querqiiedula discors, Linnjeus), 76 
Distribution, 76 
Flight, 76 
Nest and eggs, 7 7 
Plumage of adult female, 78 
Plumage of adult male, 77 
Plumage of young male, 77 
Brander, Captain Dunbar, on Shovelers on Loch Spynie, 
62 
Brent geese : 
Eyesight, 14 
Feeding on Zostera marina, 44 
Brown, Harvie, on birds of Outer Hebrides, 41 
Brown-headed Gulls enemies of young Teal, 84, 85 
Buckley, T. E., kills female Pintail near Thurso, 94 
Canada geese : 
At Melbury, 34 
At Woburn Abbey, 5 
Castletown, Lord, takes Pintail's nest at Granston, 94 
China, couvade in, 19 , 
Coues, Dr. Elliott, on Wigeon from Prybilov Islands, 
39 
Corsica, couvade in, ig 
Couvade, 19 
Crows, Carrion and Hooded, destroy young Ducks, 12 
Dresser on : 
Eastern Umit of Gadwall, 29 
Distribution of Wigeon, 38 
Ducks on Serpentine, anecdote of, 9 
Egyptian geese : 
Appropriate nesting-grounds, 33 
At Woburn Abbey, 6 
