. The Indian ducks and their allies . ash-green, very likethat of the eggs of the Mallard. They vaiy from al)Out 18 to ID inchesin length, and from about 1*3 to 14 in O f. ^ o O J A UJ II- NETTION CRECCA. 167 (29) NETTION COMMON TEAL. Anas crecca, Le(jge, B. of Cey. p. 1083. Cluerquedula crecca, Jerdon, B. I. iii, p. 806 ; Hume, Str. FeatJi. i, p. 262 Adam, ibid. p. 402 ; Butler, ibid, iv, p. 30 ; Hume Sf Davis, ibid, vi, p. 489 ; Davids. (^ Wend. ibid, vii, p. 93; Ball, ibid. p. 232; Mtime, ibid. p. 494; id. Cat. no. 964; Scully, Str. Featli. viii, p. 363; Hume ^ Mar. Gam
. The Indian ducks and their allies . ash-green, very likethat of the eggs of the Mallard. They vaiy from al)Out 18 to ID inchesin length, and from about 1*3 to 14 in O f. ^ o O J A UJ II- NETTION CRECCA. 167 (29) NETTION COMMON TEAL. Anas crecca, Le(jge, B. of Cey. p. 1083. Cluerquedula crecca, Jerdon, B. I. iii, p. 806 ; Hume, Str. FeatJi. i, p. 262 Adam, ibid. p. 402 ; Butler, ibid, iv, p. 30 ; Hume Sf Davis, ibid, vi, p. 489 ; Davids. (^ Wend. ibid, vii, p. 93; Ball, ibid. p. 232; Mtime, ibid. p. 494; id. Cat. no. 964; Scully, Str. Featli. viii, p. 363; Hume ^ Mar. Game-B. iii, p. 205 ; Vidal, Str. Feath. ix, p. 93 ; Butler, ibid. p. 438 ; Eeid, ibid. X, p. 83; Davids, ibid. p. 413 ; Taylor, ibid. p. 467 ; Oates, B. of Brit. Burm. ii, p. 285 ; Barnes, B. of Bam. p. 409 ; Hume, Str. Feath. xi, p. crecca, Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxvii, p. crecca, Bkmford, Fauna B. I. iv, p. 443 ; Oates, Game-B. W, p. 172. Descrijition. Adult male.—A broad band from the back of the eye, downthe nape and upper neck, metallic green, sometimes glossy black posteriorly; anarrow white line from the base of the maxilla, running upwards
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