. . they oftenprocure it by snatching morsels from canvasbacks andother diving ducks, the instant their heads appear abovethe water. On June 18, 1900, while searching in the buck-brushon the bank of Sweetwater Lake, North Dakota, the writerflushed a female baldpate from a nest of nine beautifulflesh-colored eggs, well hidden in a quantity of down andleaves. GREEN-WINGED TEAL The Green-winged teal ranges throughout North Amer-ica, breeding from Minnesota northward, wintering fromKansas and Virginia southward to the West Indies andCent

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. . they oftenprocure it by snatching morsels from canvasbacks andother diving ducks, the instant their heads appear abovethe water. On June 18, 1900, while searching in the buck-brushon the bank of Sweetwater Lake, North Dakota, the writerflushed a female baldpate from a nest of nine beautifulflesh-colored eggs, well hidden in a quantity of down andleaves. GREEN-WINGED TEAL The Green-winged teal ranges throughout North Amer-ica, breeding from Minnesota northward, wintering fromKansas and Virginia southward to the West Indies andCentral America. In size and general appearance, this duck closely resem-bles the blue-winged teal. The main difference is in colorof speculum, or bright patch on wing; the habits, too,are similar. The range of the green-winged is more northerly thanthat of the blue-winged, which frequently nests in thecentral parts of the United States. The green-winged isone of our handsomest fresh-water ducks. It is capableof flying with the wind at a speed of one hundred miles.

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