Back and sides with fine wavy marks of black and gray.

A curved white bar in front of the wing; mirror half purple and half green, bordered with black, white, and buff.
Under parts white, tinged with buff, with many round black spots; the feathers at the root of the tail black with a buff patch on each side.
Female: different from the male on the head and body, but the wings like his; besides, she is so small you cannot mistake her for any other kind of Duck.
A Citizen of North America, who nests from the Northern States northward and winters mostly in the Southern States or beyond.

The flesh is delicious, and this Teal is so small it can be split and broiled like a spring Chicken.
[Illustration: Green-Winged Teal.] The Blue-winged Teal Length fifteen or sixteen inches--a little more than the Green-winged Teal, but not much.
Male: head dark-colored with a very large white bar on each side in front of the eye.

Body much variegated with black, brown, and gray.

Most of the outside of the wing sky-blue, not bright, but as the sky looks on a dull day; the beauty-spot shining green, bordered with black, white, and buff.
Under parts gray spotted and mottled with black, and quite black under the tail, where there is a white spot on each side; the lining of the wings mostly white.
Female: differs from the male on the head and body, but the markings of the wings are much the same as his.
A Citizen of North America, chiefly its eastern half, with a very extensive breeding range, but mostly seen in the United States during the migrations and in winter.