. Egg check list and key to the nests and eggs of North American birds . I W^<. Wood Ducks and Nesting Place. [Aix sponsa.) See Description No. 613. 11 • NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 153 feathers. Its habits on the whole do not differ from those of its well-known ally, the Blue-winged. Hab. Western America from the Columbia River south to Chili, Patagonia and Falkland Islands; eastin North America to the Rocky Mountains; casual in the Mississippi Valley. 612. Green-wins^ed Teal—nettion carolinensis. Greenish or buff;usually ovoidal, sometimes nearly oval, and vary in size from 1.
. Egg check list and key to the nests and eggs of North American birds . I W^<. Wood Ducks and Nesting Place. [Aix sponsa.) See Description No. 613. 11 • NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 153 feathers. Its habits on the whole do not differ from those of its well-known ally, the Blue-winged. Hab. Western America from the Columbia River south to Chili, Patagonia and Falkland Islands; eastin North America to the Rocky Mountains; casual in the Mississippi Valley. 612. Green-wins^ed Teal—nettion carolinensis. Greenish or buff;usually ovoidal, sometimes nearly oval, and vary in size from to by to broad; they are from five to eight in number. Thishandsome little Duck is exceedingly abundant throughout North Americaand breeds from the northern borders of the United States the spring and fall migrations it is one of the most abundant ofwater-fowl, frequenting the small brooks and ponds as well as the largerwaters. It may be recognized by its small size; the primaries of thewing-coverts are of leaden-gray; speculum velvety
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