DUCKS AND DRAKES 



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Blue-winged Teal. 



This Teal has a brother in the West, called the Cinnamon Teal 

 from the color of his under parts. 



The Redhead 



Length t^Yenty to twenty-three inches. 



Male : head and upper part of neck rich chestnut with a bronze 

 lustre. Rest of neck, 



fore back, and fore ^ / 



breast, black. Mid- 

 dle of back and 

 sides of body finely 

 waved with zigzag 

 lines of black and 

 white. Rump and 

 tail-coverts black. 

 No shining mirror 

 on the wings, which 

 are mostly ashy 

 with white lining 

 underneath. 



Bill very broad and flat, dull blue with a black belt at the end. 

 Feet grayish-blue, with dusky webs and claws. Eyes orange. 



