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.  The flesh is excellent.

[Illustration:  Blue-Winged Teal.]

This Teal has a brother in the West, called the Cinnamon Teal from the color of his under parts.

The Redhead

Length twenty to twenty-three inches.

Male:  head and upper part of neck rich chestnut with a bronze lustre.  Rest of neck, fore back, and fore breast, black.  Middle of back and sides of body finely waved with zigzag lines of black and white.  Rump and tail-coverts black.  No shining mirror on the wings, which are mostly ashy with white lining underneath.

[Illustration:  Redhead]

Bill very broad and flat, dull blue with a black belt at the end.  Feet grayish-blue, with dusky webs and claws.  Eyes orange.  Female:  differs a good deal from the male, and it would make the table too long to tell all the difference; but she has the same markings on the wings, and the same shaped bill.

A Citizen of North America who goes far north to find his summer home, and is chiefly seen in the United States in winter or during the migrations.  He is a twin brother of the Canvasback, and quite as good to eat.  Very few persons can tell a Redhead from a Canvasback at the dinner table, though many think they can, because if the Redhead is in good order and well roasted, they say it is Canvasback, and if the Canvasback is tough and done too much, they say it is only a Redhead.  Before the birds are plucked you can easily tell them apart; for the Canvasback has the head and beak differently shaped and much darker-colored; while the back is much whiter, because the black wavy lines are narrower than the white spaces between them, or even broken up in fine dots.

[Illustration:  Old Squaw]

Old Squaw