green-winged teal. 
Anas carolinensis. 
Char. Upper parts and flanks dark gray and white in fine waved 
lines; head and neck chestnut, with a broad green band on the sides; 
wing-patch rich green and black, bordered with buff and white ; a white 
crescentic patch in front of the shoulder ; under parts white, the breast 
spotted ; bill black ; legs leaden gray. The female is duller in general 
color, and has fewer and less conspicuous markings. Length about 14 
inches. 
Nest. Amid a tuft of grass, — made of grass and w'ced-stems and lined 
with feathers. 
Egfis. 6-12; pale buff or ivory white, tinged with green when fresh; 
1.80 X 1.30. 
Ihe Green- winged Teal, as a species, is common to the 
northern and temperate parts of both continents. The Amer- 
ican bird appears to be a permanent and distinct variety. 
I here is, according to Dr. Richardson, however, in the Hud- 
son Bay Museum a specimen from tlie fur countries agreeing 
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