UPLAND SHOOTING. 
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THE GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 
Anas Crecca , sive, Carolinensis. 
“ Male, 14|.24. Female, 13f.22i 
u Dispersed throughout the country during autumn and spring. 
Extremely abundant during winter in all the Southern States 
and Texas. Breeds sparingly along the Great Lakes, and far 
North. 
“ Adult Male. 
u Bill almost as long as the head, deeper than broad at the 
base, depressed toward the end, its breadth nearly equal in its 
whole length, being, however, a little enlarged toward the 
rounded tip. Upper mandible with the dorsal line at first slop¬ 
ing, then concave, toward the ends nearly straight, the ridge 
broad and flat at the base, then broadly convex, the sides con¬ 
vex, the edges soft, with about fifty-five lamellae. Nostrils 
sub-basal, near the ridge rather small, elliptical, pervious. 
Lower mandible flattish, with the angle very long and rather 
narrow. The dorsal line very short, straight, the sides perpen¬ 
dicular, with about a hundred and thirty lamellae. 
u Head of moderate size, compressed. Neck of moderate 
length, rather slender. Body full, depressed. Wings rather 
small. Feet short, placed rather far back. Tarsus short, com¬ 
pressed at its lower part, anteriorly with two series of scutella, 
the rest covered with reticulated angular scales. Toes scutel- 
late above ; first toe very small, free, with a narrow membrane 
beneath ; third longest, fourth a little shorter ; the anterior toes 
connected by reticulated webs, of which the outer is deeply si¬ 
nuate. Claws small, curved, compressed, acute; the hind one 
smaller and more curved ; that of the third toe largest, and with 
an inner sharp edge. 
u Plumage dense, soft, blended. Feathers of the middle of 
the head and upper part of hind neck very narrow, elongated, 
with soft, filamentous, disunited bands ; of the rest of the head 
