. Complete wildfowler . shoulders white ;speculum green. In the eclipse plumage, the head is darkchestnut, grizzled with brown ; back brown, with chestnutedgings to the feathers ; flanks chestnut; under parts female is dark brownish grey above, paler on the wing-coverts, and white underneath. Length about i8 in. ; wing10*5 in. COMMON TEAL Anas crecca {LinncBus) This is the smallest of our native species of Duck, and islocally distributed throughout our islands at all times of the year,but its numbers are largely augmented in winter by the arrivalof vast flocks from abroad. It may be
. Complete wildfowler . shoulders white ;speculum green. In the eclipse plumage, the head is darkchestnut, grizzled with brown ; back brown, with chestnutedgings to the feathers ; flanks chestnut; under parts female is dark brownish grey above, paler on the wing-coverts, and white underneath. Length about i8 in. ; wing10*5 in. COMMON TEAL Anas crecca {LinncBus) This is the smallest of our native species of Duck, and islocally distributed throughout our islands at all times of the year,but its numbers are largely augmented in winter by the arrivalof vast flocks from abroad. It may be found in winter near themouths of rivers and shallow estuaries as well as inland ; itsfood consists of grain, insects, worms, slugs, and molluscs. It breeds throughout our islands, but is more numerous inthe north. The nest is generally placed at some distance fromwater on a dry moorland or grass field. The male has the crown, nape, cheeks, and throat chest-nut ; an elongated patch of purplish green behind the eye, the.
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