Ducks 



139. Green-winged Teal [Neition carolinensis). L. 



14.5. Wing-ccverts gray, tipped with buff or white. 

 Ad. rf . A white crescent in front of wing; speculum 

 wing-patch) green bordered by black tipped with 

 white. Ad. ?. Wings as in c?; throat and sides of 

 neck white, finely spotted with black; breast and sides 

 washed with rusty, marked with black. Notes. A 

 "peculiar chirping almost a twittering" as they fly. 

 (Seton.) 



Range. — North America; breeds from New Brunswick, Minnesota, 

 and British Columbia north to Greenland and Alaska; winters from 

 Virginia, Kansas, and British Columbia south to Central America and 

 West Indies. 



140. Blue-winged Teal (Querquedula discors) . Wing- 

 coverts blue. Ad. c?. Cheek patch white. Ad. $. 

 Resembles ? of No. 139, but wing-coverts blue; spec- 

 ulum greenish brown not distinctly tipped with white. 

 L. 16. 



Range.— North America; chiefly east of Rockies; breeds from New 

 Brunswick, Kansas, southern Illinois and northern Ohio, north to 

 Alaska, mainly in interior; winters from Virginia and Lower Mississippi 

 Valley to northern South America, California, and Lower California. 



141 . Cinnamon Teal (Querquedula cyanoptera). Ad. 

 rj\ Head and neck, breast and sides reddish brown. 

 tAd. 9. Resembles 9 of No. 140, but the underparts, 

 including throat, art usually suffused with rusty; the 

 throat often being blackish or speckled with dusky. 

 Notes, A rather thin, nasal quack. L. 16. 



Ranee —Western North America from British Columbia south to 

 South America, east to Rockies and souther Texas; rarely to Flor- 



142. Shoveller (Spatula clypeata). L. 20. Bill 

 much broader at tip than at base. Ad. tf. Belly chest- 

 nut; breast around to back white. Ad. 9-. Wing- 

 coverts blue; back conspicuously margined with buff. 

 Notes. "Occasionally a few feeble quacks." (Elliot.) 



Range. — Northern hemisphere; In America chiefly in interior; breeds 

 locally from Texas, and regularly from Minnesota and British Colum- 

 bia north to Alaska and Barren Grounds; winters from British Colum- 

 bia, Illinois, and Maryland south to northern South America. 



144. Wood Duck {Aix sponsa). L. 18.5. Ad. rj\ 

 Head crested; green, blue, and purple with white stripes. 

 Ad. 9- A white streak through and behind eye; crown 

 glossy purplish brown; back olive-brown glossed with 

 greenish. Notes. A frightened, plaintive, oo-eek. 



Range. — North America; breeds locaiiy from Florida to Labrador 

 and British Columbia, winters from British Columbia, sot (hern 

 Illinois, and southern New Jersey, south to southern California and 

 Cuba. 



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