. . roatdeep buff, and much darker than those of the American species. Range. — Northern part of eastern hemisphere. Occasional in NorthAmerica; recorded from the Aleutian Islands, California, Greenland,Labrador, Nova Scotia, Maine, New York, Massachusetts, Connecti-cut and Virginia. European Teal is a wanderer from the eastern hemi-sphere. The following Massachusetts records seem reliable:About 1855, a specimen, which was killed in Massachusetts,was sent to E. A. Samuels. An adult male was taken, March17, 1890, on Muskeg
. . roatdeep buff, and much darker than those of the American species. Range. — Northern part of eastern hemisphere. Occasional in NorthAmerica; recorded from the Aleutian Islands, California, Greenland,Labrador, Nova Scotia, Maine, New York, Massachusetts, Connecti-cut and Virginia. European Teal is a wanderer from the eastern hemi-sphere. The following Massachusetts records seem reliable:About 1855, a specimen, which was killed in Massachusetts,was sent to E. A. Samuels. An adult male was taken, March17, 1890, on Muskeget Island, and is now in the Brewstercollection. An adult male was caught in a steel trap aboutFebruary 20, 1896, in Sagamore, by Rev. E. E. Phillips, andis also in the Brewster collection.^ Several specimens havebeen recorded from New York. I Howe, Reginald Heber, and Allen, Glover Morrill: Birds of Massachusetts, 1901, p. 52. BIRDS HUNTED FOR FOOD OR SPORT- 91 GREEN-WINGED TEAL {Nettion carolinense).Common or local names: Green-wing; Mud Teal; Winter Female. Male. Length. — About 14 inches. Adult Male. — Head and upper neck chiefly chestnut; chin black, a broadpatch from just before the eye to hind head nietalhc green, runninginto black below, bordered by a narrow buff line, and all ending in ablack tuft on hind neck; rest of hind neck, sides of breast, vipper back,scapulars and flanks very light gray, finely barred with black; a whitecrescentic band before wing; lower back brown; wings grayish brownor gray; speculum or wing patch metallic green, edged below withblack, a bar of light chestnut before it; upper breast reddish buff,with round black spots; rest of lower parts whitish, sometimes tingedwith brown; under tail coverts black, with a triangular patch of whiteon each side; bill black; legs and feet dark brown; iris brown. Adult Female. — Top of head and back dusky brownish, the feathers ofthe back edged with buff; throat light buffy; wing much like that o
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