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ANAS CRECCA. 
COMMON TEAL. 
Wing-spot green; a white line above 
aiid beneath the eyes. 
Anas Crecca, Lin. Gme. 
Le petite Sarcelle, Buffon 
Common Teal, Pen. Lath. Bew. Mont. 
Anas Balbul, Gmelin 
Summer Teal, Lath. &c. 
This beautiful species of Duck measures 
about fourteen inches and a half in length, 
and twenty three and a half in the expan- 
sion of its wings. 
The female which is less than the male, 
is freckled about the head and neck with 
brown and white. She has not the green 
patch behind the eyes, but a brown streak 
there which extends itself to the nape of the 
neck : the crown of the head is dark brown, 
the upper mandible yellow on the edges,. 
