ORDER ANSERES. I IJ 



141. Anas cyanoptera VIEILL. 



Cinnamon Teal. 



Anas cyanoptera VIEILLOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist Nat. V. 1816, 104. 

 [B S 8 2 , C 4 97> R6io, 717.] 



HAB. Western America from Columbia River south to Chili, Pata- 

 gonia, and Falkland Islands ; east in North America to the Rocky 

 Mountains ; casual in the Mississippi Valley. 



GENUS SPATULA BOIE. 

 Spattila BOIE, Isis, 1822, 564. Type, Anas clypeata LINN. 



142. Spatula clypeata (LINN.). 



Shoveller. 



Anas clypeata LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 124. 

 Spatula clypeala BOIE, Isis, 1822, 564. 



[B 583, C 498, R 608, C 718.] 



HAB. Northern Hemisphere. In North America breeding from 

 Alaska to Texas ; not abundant on the Atlantic coast. 



GENUS DAFILA STEPHENS. 

 Dafila STEPHENS, Gen. Zool. XII. pt. ii. 1824, 126. 



143. Dafila acuta (LINN.). 



Pintail. 



Anas acuta LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 126. 

 Dafila acuta BONAP. Comp. List, 1838, 56. 



[B S7 8, C 4 9> R6o 5 , C 7 io.] 



HAB. Northern Hemisphere. In North America breeds from the 

 northern parts of the United States northward, and migrates south to 

 Panama and Cuba. 



GENUS AIX BOIE. 

 Aix BOIE, Isis, 1828, 329. Type, Anas sponsa LINN. 



