GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 
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266 . ANJS CKSCCA, LINN^US AND WILSON. 
green-winged teal, 
EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM. 
‘^SON, PLATE LXX. FIG. XV. 
'Vh!*® niituralists of Europe have designated this little 
Sh . ’'y Hie name of the American teal, as being a 
C'>es different from their own. On an examination, 
of tlie figure and description of the European 
(Hf- “y fhe ingenious and accurate Bewick, and com- 
tliera -with the present, no difference whatever 
■iilh •ongth, extent, colour, or markings of 
hut what commonly occurs among- individuals 
other tribe ; both undoubtedly belong to one and 
,|,*i>nie species. 
liL-a tliA 
0 ^ *''s, like the summer duck, is a fresh water fowl, 
^J^lUon in our markets in autumn and uinter, but 
(ii J^'y seen here in snmmer. It fretpicnts ponds,marshes, 
IL the reedy shores of creeks and rivers ; is very 
^j^txiant among the rice plantations of the Southern 
"he parties, and feeds at night; associates 
Ilf ® 'yith the duck and mallard, feeding on the seeds 
•[l3*''ous kinds of v;ra.sses and water plants, and also 
be tension Its flesh is accounted 
hiu toodor leaves of vegetables. 
'vtj® green-winged teal is fifteen inches in length, and 
lif^ ty-four inches in extent ; bill, black ; irides, pale 
"iiest"’ oyo'i"*. whitish; head, glossy reddish 
; from the eye backwards to the nape, runs a 
l)y ‘band of rich silky green, edged above and below 
iinJ* hue line of brownish white ; the plumage of the 
Vf, “’“I*" in a kind of pendent crest ; chin, blackish ; 
Vh ■ '•he chestnut, the neck, for three ijuarters of an 
lin“’b‘wl>ite,heautifully crossed with circular undulating 
Hit * hlack; hack, scapulars, and sides of the breast, 
tl(;,„*> thickly crossed in the same manner ; breast, 
bfl^hhly marked with roundish or heart shaped spots 
^ pale vinaceons ground, vai-iegated with 
tints; belly, white; sides waved with undulating 
■ lower part of the vent-feathers, black ; sides of 
