Distribution of New England Birds.- 
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Nettion crecca. European Teal. — At a meeting of the Boston 
Society of Natural History, April 18, 1855, Dr. Bryant remarked that a 
specimen of the European Green-winged Teal had been sent to Mr. E. 
Samuels to be mounted. It was shot in Massachusetts, the first he had 
ever seen in the State. (Proc. Bos. Soc. Nat. His., Vol. V, p. 195.) This 
instance is cited by Allen (Proc. Ess. Inst., Yol. IV, 1864) and by C. J- 
Maynard (Naturalist’s Guide, 1870). “A European species, but so often 
taken on the coast as to be fairly considered as more than an accidental 
visitor.” (Coues, Proc. Ess. Inst., Yol. V, 1868.) 
Bull. N. O.O. 2, Jan. .1877. p. 
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European Teal (Nettion crecca ).— On February 26 , 1896 , 
Mr. Clark brought to me in the flesh, in fresh condition, an adult 
male European Teal which he had received on the 24 th from Rev. 
E. A. Phillips of Sagamore, Massachusetts. Mr. Phillips said 
that the bird had been caught, a few days previous to the date on 
which he sent it, in a steel trap and that, in company with two 
other Teal of similar appearance (but probably belonging to the 
American species), it had been seen repeatedly in the same place. 
This is, I believe, only the second known instance of the occur¬ 
rence of the European Teal in New England, the first being that 
of the bird, also an adult male, taken by Mr. George H. Mackay 
at Muskeget, March 16 , 1890 (see Auk, VII, 1890 , p. 294 ). 
Both specimens are now in my collection. 
Auk, XVIII, April., 1901, p./3S~. 
