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1899, he received one from a Greenlander who had shot it the same day 
at Cape Dan, one of a flock of six. May 15th, 1909 he secured an old 
male from the Inigsalik district which had been shot a few days before; 
and finally, one was shot in the harbour at the colony on October 20th, 
1914. 
The Teal has often been met with on the west coast of Greenland, 
but those secured there no doubt belong to the American race, Anas 
crecca carolinensis Gm. It is only the old males in nuptial dress of the 
two races that can be definitely distinguished, and the two skins in 
this dress that the Museum has from the west coast belong to the race 
carolinensis. The Teal breeds commonly in northern Europe and Asia, 
and in Iceland is a very common breeding bird. 
In all three skins have been sent home:— 
1) Young male in first dress, September, 1897. Wing 175 mm., Tail 
60 mm., Tarsus 30 mm. 
2) Male, in nuptial dress, May, 1909. 
3) Young bird, October, 1914. 
The skin sent home of the old male is of the typical form, so are 
also as far as can be judged the skins of the younger birds. 
WIGEON (Anas penelope L.). 
Pibeand, Brunnakke. 
Like the Teal, the Wigeon is a casual guest in East Greenland, 
mentioned as having been shot six times in all in the period from Sep- 
tember 25th to October 31st — i. e. during the migration time. 
The Wigeon is otherwise unknown on the east coast, and has appeared 
some times on the west coast. It breeds in North Europe and North 
Asia and is a common breeding bird on Iceland. In the northern parts 
of America there lives a closely related species Anas americana Gm.; 
often only regarded as a race. Only the old males in nuptial dress of 
the two forms can be distinguished with certainty, so that there is 
always a doubt about young birds as to whether they belong to the 
one or the other species; but presumably the species met with in East 
Greenland is of the European form. 
The following report is given on its appearance: Shot at the end 
of September, 1897, at Angmagsalik in a flock with teal; October 16th, 
1902, same place, about October 10th, 1905, at Cape Dan; September 
25th, 1908, on one of the lakes near the colony, and October 21st, 1914, 
in the colony harbour. 
The skin of the one shot in 1897 was sent home; it was that of 
a young male — Wing 240 mm., Tail 73 mm., Tarsus 36 mm. 
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