AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL
ANAS CAROLINENSIS, J. F. Gmelin.
Anas earolinensis, J. F. Gmelin, S. N. i. p. 533.
Nettion earolinensis, Baird, Brewer, <5f Ridgway, Water-
Birds of N. Am. ii. p. 2.
An adult male of this Teal was shot on 23rd
November, 1879, on an arm of the Kingsbridge
estuary, South Devon, and its capture was recorded by
the owner, Mr. H. Nicholls, in the ‘Zoologist (1880,
p. 70). Two earlier instances of the occurrence of
other specimens have been recorded. Mr. A. Fellowes,
in the same volume of the ‘ Zoologist,’ stated that he
possessed an example shot by his father before 1840
at Hurstbourne Park, Hants; and Mr. J. Evans (Zool.
1852, p. 8472) has recorded that an adult male, now in
Lord Hill’s collection, had been shot near Scarborough,
in November 1851.
The Green-winged Teal is a common bird in North
America, breeding chiefly in countries lying to the
north of the United States. The winter is passed
further south; a few birds at that season reach Mexico
and even Honduras. [0. S.J
AMERICAN G R E EN -W IN G E D TEAL.