_Anas carolinensis_ Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 533.
(Type locality, Carolina to Hudson Bay.)
_Anas carolinensis_ Reichenow, Ornith. Monatsber., 1901, p. 17
(Jaluit); Schnee, Ornith. Monatsber., 1901, p. 131 (Marshalls);
_idem_, Zool. Jahrbücher, 20, 1904, p. 390 (Marschall Inseln);
Phillips, Nat. Hist. Ducks, 2, 1923, p. 235 (Marshall Islands).
_Querquedula crecca carolinensis_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, rev.,
1932, p. 185 (Marshall Islands).
_Anas crecca carolinensis_ Hand-list Japanese Birds, 3d ed., 1942,
p. 206 (Marshall Islands).
_Geographic range._--Breeds in northwestern and northcentral North
America. Winters to West Indies, Central America and Mexico. In
Micronesia: Marshall Islands--Jaluit.
_Remarks._--_Reichenow_ (1901:17) and Schnee (1901:131) record the
Green-wing Teal in the Marshall Islands. It is the only record known for
Micronesia. Bryan and Greenway (1944:104) record the teal as a migrant
to the Hawaiian Islands.
=Anas acuta acuta= Linnaeus