. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 404 CITIZEN BIRD. Green-winged Teal. northward and winters mostly in the Southern States or beyond. The flesh is delicious, and this Teal is so small it can be split and broiled like a spring Chicken. The Blue-winged Teal Length fifteen or sixteen inches — a little more than the Green- winged Teal, but not much. j\Iale: head dark-colored with a very large white bar on each side in front of the eye. Body much variegated with black, brown, and gray. Most of the outside of the wing sky-l)lue, not bright, but as the sky l
. Citizen bird: scenes from bird-life in plain English for beginners. Birds. 404 CITIZEN BIRD. Green-winged Teal. northward and winters mostly in the Southern States or beyond. The flesh is delicious, and this Teal is so small it can be split and broiled like a spring Chicken. The Blue-winged Teal Length fifteen or sixteen inches — a little more than the Green- winged Teal, but not much. j\Iale: head dark-colored with a very large white bar on each side in front of the eye. Body much variegated with black, brown, and gray. Most of the outside of the wing sky-l)lue, not bright, but as the sky looks on a dull day; the beauty-spot shining green, bordered with black, white, and buff. Under parts gray spotted and mottled witli black, and quite black under the tail, where there is a white spot on each side; the lining of the wings mostly white. Female: differs from the male on the head and body, but the markings of the wings are much the same as his. A Citizen of North America, chiefly its eastern half, with a very extensive breeding range, but mostly seen in the United States during the migrations and in winter. The flesh is Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wright, Mabel Osgood, 1859-1934; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. New York : The Macmillan company
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