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upon the wing. In the Teal it is half of 
a dark green and half of a deep black, in 
the Garganey of an ash-coloured green." 
The Teal is an inhabitant of Europe, 
Asia, and America. In the winter season 
it is common in England, where it is 
highly esteemed for the excellent flavour 
of its flesh. They feed on cresses, various 
seeds, grasses, and aquatic plants, as well 
as upon the smaller animated beings, with 
which stagnant waters are so abundantly 
stored. Their flight is swift, and their cry 
has been compared to the words, vouire, 
vouire. 
This species like most of the Duck tribe, 
is subject to variety, which has occasioned 
it to be made into two or three species, to 
one of which has been given the name of 
Summer Teal. 
For the formation of the trmhea, see 
plate. 
