The European Widgeon is similar in build and plumage to the following species, except that the whole head, with the exception of the white crown, is chestnut. They build their nests in the rushes, making them of reeds and grass and lining them with feathers. They lay from six to ten light buff colored eggs. Size 2.20 × 1.50. [Illustration 093: Creamy buff.] [Illustration: Gadwall. Widgeon.] [Illustration: Pale buff.] [Illustration: right hand margin.] Page 92 137. BALDPATE. _Mareca americana._ Range.--North America, breeding in the interior from Texas north to Hudson Bay. The Baldpate (so-called because of the white crown) or American Widgeon is a handsomely marked bird and is regarded as a great table delicacy. The male birds cannot be mistaken for any other species because of the white crown, wing coverts and underparts and the broad green stripe, back of the eye. They breed locally in many parts of the country, building their nests of grass and weeds, neatly lined with feathers, on the ground in marshes. They lay from six to twelve creamy eggs. Size 2.15 × 1.50. Data.--Lac Aux Morts, North Dakota. Eight eggs. Nest of grass and down on ground in a grassy meadow. Collector, E. S. Bryant. 138. EUROPEAN TEAL. _Nettion crecca._ An old world species that is casually found on both coasts of America. 139. GREEN-WINGED TEAL. _Nettion carolinense._ Range.--Whole of North America, breeding chiefly north of the United States. A small, handsome species, the male of which can readily be identified by the reddish brown head and neck, with the large green patch behind each ear; length fourteen inches. Green-winged Teals are our smallest representative of the Duck family. They are eagerly sought by sportsmen, both because of their beauty and the excellence of their flesh. They are among the most common of Ducks in the interior, where they nest generally in tufts of grass along ponds, lakes or brooks. Nest of grass and weeds, lined with down from the bird. Eggs buffy, four to ten in number. Size 1.85 × 1.25. [Illustration 094: Creamy white.] [Illustration: Baldpate. Green-winged Teal.] [Illustration: Buff.] [Illustration: left hand margin.] Page 93 140. BLUE-WINGED TEAL. _Querquedula discors_. Range.--North America, breeding from northern United States northward; rare on the Pacific coast. Another small species, known by the blue wing coverts and the white crescent in front of eye. They nest in the same localities with the preceding species, placing their nest of grass and weeds on the ground in meadows near water. Eggs buffy white. Six to twelve in number. Size 1.90 × 1.30. 141. CINNAMON TEAL. _Querquedula cyanoptera_. Range.--Western United States, chiefly west of the Rocky Mountains. Casually east to Texas, Illinois and British Columbia.