. American game birds . BALDPATE ( ? , & )GREEN-WINGED TEAL. IO BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Querquedula dis-cors), which measure about one inch longerthan the preceding species, are quite com-monly termed Summer Teal, as they mi-grate earlier in fall and later in spring thanthe green-winged variety. They are foundin North America, chiefly east of the RockyMountains, breeding in the Northern Statesand southern Canada and wintering fromMaryland and Illinois south as far as Braziland Chile. Among sportsmen, this species has the rep-utation of being one of the swiftest ducks inflight, the most wild and impo
. American game birds . BALDPATE ( ? , & )GREEN-WINGED TEAL. IO BLUE-WINGED TEAL (Querquedula dis-cors), which measure about one inch longerthan the preceding species, are quite com-monly termed Summer Teal, as they mi-grate earlier in fall and later in spring thanthe green-winged variety. They are foundin North America, chiefly east of the RockyMountains, breeding in the Northern Statesand southern Canada and wintering fromMaryland and Illinois south as far as Braziland Chile. Among sportsmen, this species has the rep-utation of being one of the swiftest ducks inflight, the most wild and impossible claimsof speed being mentioned, even up to twohundred miles per hour. Careful observa-tions by competent men have amply proventhat this or no other duck can fly at a rate ofmore than sixty miles per hour. In autumn they feed upon wild rice, as wellas other tender plants and insects, becomingquite fat and very toothsome, although ofsmall size. They are never very shy andcome readily to decoys, settling among themwith the greatest confidence. They wal
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