This note first appeared in ‘British Birds’ volume 47:7 (page 244), in July 1954.
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Green-winged Teal in Warwickshire. — On a sewage marsh at Baginton near Coventry on January 15th–17th, 1953. Mr. G. H. Forster and I observed a drake Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis) among the large flock of common Teal (A. c. crecca) that regularly winter there. The bird was watched for long periods, at ranges varying from 30–50 yards, and the following points were noted : — no horizontal white stripe on side, but a conspicuous vertical white stripe on the side of the breast in front of the wing; the narrow cream line on the side of the head was restricted to a short length below the eye. Excellent views of the legs were had, and it can be stated with certainty that the bird was not ringed. The bird was seen to indulge in the typical bobbing display around a female, accompanied by drakes of the typical race.
R. W. M. Lee.
[Mr. Peter Scott and Mr. Hugh Boyd, of the Wildfowl Trust [1], inform us that there is little reason to doubt that recently recorded Green-winged Teal (for another occurrence see, antea, pp. 83–84) have been genuine wild vagrants. This race has not, as far as they know, been bred in Europe in the last few years. — Eds.]
Reproduced by kind permission of British Birds 
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[1^] Now the 'Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust '.
Ornithology in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & the West Midlands county, since 1929.
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