. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . the body just in front of the bendof the wing; scapulars plain. Female differs especially inthe head-markings, but those of the wings are the same. Small;length, ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, ; tarsus, These small and elegant Ducks, notable both for thebeauty of their plumage and the excellence of theirflesh, are among the commonest of themigratory species. They scnietimes ap-pear in March, but more numerously inApril, and are among the earliest to re-turn in the fall, sometimes even appear-ing in Augus
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . the body just in front of the bendof the wing; scapulars plain. Female differs especially inthe head-markings, but those of the wings are the same. Small;length, ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, ; tarsus, These small and elegant Ducks, notable both for thebeauty of their plumage and the excellence of theirflesh, are among the commonest of themigratory species. They scnietimes ap-pear in March, but more numerously inApril, and are among the earliest to re-turn in the fall, sometimes even appear-ing in August, and always by nest is placed upon the ground, builtof hay and lined with feathers ; the , are about eight in number, pale dull green- wiNGED Teal. , . , . ^ ish m color, measunng from to length by to in breadth. Note. The European Teal, Q. crecca, has been erroneously attrib-uted to New England (see Pr. Bost. Soc, v, 1855, p. 195 ; Club, ii, 1877, pp. 13 and 46; Bull. Essex Inst., x, 1878,P- 34)-. QUERQUEDULA DISCORS : BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 3II BLUE-WINGED TEAL. QUERQUEDULA DISCORS (Z.) Stepk. Chars. Wing-coverts in both sexes sky-blue, the greater white-tipped ; specukim green, white-tipped ; axillars and most underwing-coverts white ; scapulars striped with tawny and blue (notin the female) or dark green ; fore back barred ; rump and taildark, plain ; crissum dark or black ; bill black ; feet not and neck of the male blackish-plumbeous, darkest on thecrown, usually with purplish iridescence ; a white crescent infront of the eye ; under parts thickly dark-spotted. Female withhead and neck altogether different ; under parts much paler andobscurely spotted ; but known by the wing-markings from anyother species. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; tar-sus, ; bill, This kind of Teal occurs with us under the samecircumstances as the Green-Winged does, but is lessnumerous. Mr. Allen sp
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