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spring, when it is shy and suspicious; in fall less abundant and less 
wary. Perhaps a few remain through the summer and breed. 
The eggs are of a pale buffcolor and measure 2.00 by 1.50. 
Notse.—The European Widgeon (Mareca penelope) may yet be detected as an accidental 
visitor. It is of casual occurrence on the Atlantic coast, and has been taken in Wiscon- 
sin, Llinois and California. 
Similar to the above, but head and neck reddish-brown, scarcely varied, top of head 
creamy or brownish-white, its sides with mere traces of green. 
GENUS QUERQUEDULA. Stephens. 
Bill a little longer than head or foot, tail not one-half wing. 
Suab-genus Nettiion. Head sub-crested. 
QUERQUEDULA CAROLINENSIS (Gm.) 
Green-winged Leal. 
Anas crecca, AUDUBON, Orn. Biog., ii, 1835, 219.—KiRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 
166, 186. 
Anas carolinensis, AUDUBON, B. Am., vi, 1843, 243. 
Nettion carolinensis, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 370; Reprint, 1861, 12. 
Querquedula carolinensis, WHEATON, Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 574; 
Reprint, 1875, 14.—LANGDON, Cat. Birds ef Cin., 1877, 17; Revised List, Journ. 
Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 185; Reprint, 19. 
Teal, KIRTLAND, Fam. Visitor, 1850, 72. 
Anas crecca, WILSON, Am. Orn.. vii, 1814, 101. 
Anas carolinensis, GMELIN, Syst. Nat., i, 1788, 533. 
Nettion carolinensis, BAIRD, Birds N. A., 1858, 777. 
Querquedula carolinensis, STEPHENS, Shaw’s Gen. Zool., xii, 1824, 128. 
Head and upper neck chestnut, with a broad glossy green band on each side, uniting 
and blackening on the nape; under parts white or whitish, the fore-breast with circular 
black spots; upper parts and flanks closely waved with blackish and white; a white 
crescent in front of the wing; crissum black, varied with white or creamy ; speculum rich 
green bordered in front with buffy tips of the greater-coverts, behind with light tips 
of secondaries; no blue on the wing; bill black; feet gray. Female differs in the 
head markings, but those of the wing are the same. Small ; length, 14-15; wing, 74; 
tail, 34; bill, 14; tarsus, 14. 
Habitat, North America. Greenland. Mexico. Cuba. South to Honduras. Breeds 
from the northern border of the United States northward. 
Abundant spring and fall migrant. Frequently found in small brooks 
and ponds as well as in larger waters. 
Hegs, pale dull greenish, 1.75 to 1.90 in length by 1.20 to 1.30 in 
breadth, 
Sub-genus Querquedula. Head not crested. 
