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COMMON TEAL. 
from the form of the last. In general they are of 
a more slender form and smaller size, the bill is 
scarcely so broad in proportion, the laminae are 
even less developed, and the tail in what has 
been considered teals is more accumulated. Per- 
haps these may be the true generic forms, that 
of the mallard, and one or more species approach- 
ing close to it being rather the digression to the 
grallatorial structures we have just left. In habits 
they agree, frequenting inland marshes, rivers, and 
lakes, and seldom seeking the vicinity of the coast. 
In illustration, wc have represented our native teal 
grouped with that from America, which was long 
confounded with it. 
