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 | | It breeds in many parts of the British Islands, making its nest in places very like those chosen by the Wild Duck, A. boscas; but there is no doubt that by far the greater number of those that are taken in decoys, or are shot, during the autumn and winter are of foreign origin. |
 | | But the determination of the birds which should be technically considered Te~ls, and belong to the genus Nettion, as distinguished from other groups of Anatinae, is a task not yet successfully attempted, and much confusion has been caused by associating with them such species as the Garganey (q.v.) and its allies of the group Querquedula. |
 | | Hardly less showy than these are the two species of the subgenus Eunetta,the Falcated Duck, E. falcata, and the Baikal Teal, E. formosa,both from Eastern Asia, but occasionally appearing in Europe. |
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