QUERQUEDULA CYANOPTERA, CINNAMON TEAL. 



667 



Lieutenant Wan-en's Expedition.— M6A, Vermilion River; 5465, Iowa River. 

 Not obtained by the later Expeditions. 



This Teal is very abundant in the Missouri region dnring the migra- 

 tions, and doubtless also breeds tliere, as it does in various parts of the 

 Uuited States, as well as farther north. It is the species most fre- 

 quently noticed by extraliniital writers, as occurring iu tropical Amer- 

 ica, though it also winters in the Southern States. It is one of the few 

 Ducks apparently not equally abundant on both sides of the continent, 

 and, in fact, its presence on the Pacific coast, south of Alaska, is still 

 questionable. Dr. Newberry can hardly be right in stating that it is 

 couunon thronghout California and Oregon, having probably confounded 

 it with the next species. 



The eggs are of the same size and shape as those of the Green-winged 

 Teal, but rather lightej- colored. A nest, believed to be of this species, 

 containing eight eggs with advanced embryos was found on the Milk 

 River early in July ; it was built on dry prairie many yards from the 

 nearest water, of dried grasses and weeds, carefully finished with the 

 i)arents' down. 



QUERQUEDULA CYANOPTERA, (Vieill.) Cassin. 



€innamoii Teal; Red-breasted Teal. 



Anas n/ovoDtcra, YmihJ.., Nouv. Diet. d'H.N. v, 1816, 104.— Sciil., M. P.-B. viii, 1865. 51. 



Qiterqiicdiil'a cijanoptn-a, Cass., U. S. N. Astr. Exp. ii, 1855, •i.M; 111. 18.55, 82, pi. 15 

 (Utali, California, Louisiana, Chili).— Scl., P. Z. S. 1855, 104; 1859, 237.— 

 Bd., B. N. a. 1858, p. 7s0 (Rocky Mountains to Pacific) ; Mex. B. Surv. ii, pt. 

 ii, 1859, Birds, p. 26 (Texas).— Kenn., P. R. R. Rep. x, 1859, Whipple's Route, 

 Birds, p. 35 (Arizona and California).- Heekm., ihid. Williamson's Route, 

 Birds, p. 69 (New Mexico and California).- Coop. & SiiCK., ihid. xii, l^-eO, p. 

 255 (Oregon).— AiuJoTT, Ibis, 1861, 161.— Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 62 

 (Arizona).— 8ci,., P. Z. S. 1860, 389 (Falklands) ; 1867, 335 (Chili).— Sci.. & 

 S.viA'., (6/fZ. 1869, 160 (Buenos Avres).— Scl. & Salv., Ibis, 1869, 189.— BuitM., 

 Rci.se, 577 (La Plata).— Stev.,"U. S. Gcol. Surv. Tcr. 1870, 466 (Wyoniin-r).— 

 ]\lKiti{., ibid. 1872, 703 (Idaho, breeding;)-— Atk ex, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv, IfT^J, 210 

 (Colorado).— Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 183 (Utah).— Col'es, Key, lf<72,288. 



Anas rajjlcsU, KiSG, Zool. Journ. iv, 182H, p. 87 ; Suppl. pi. 29 (Magellan Straits).— 

 Cass., Journ. A. N. S. Phila. iv, 1848, p. 195 (Louisiana). 



Ci/anoptera rafflcsi, Evt., Mon. Anat. 1838. 



r'lirocyanca nifflrxii, Bd., Stansliury's Rep. 1852, p. 322 (Great Salt Lake). 



rterocyaiica ca'rnleat<i,{'']ACUT").—iUi\Y, Cen. Birds, iii, 1849. p. (;i7.— Lawil. Ann. 

 Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. v, 18.52, p. 220.— Woodii., Sitgr. K'ep- 1853, j). 103 (, Texas, 

 New Mexico, Ciilifornia).- Bi'., C. R. 1856, 650.-NK\\ni., P. R. R. Rep. vi, 18.57, 

 p. 103 (Southern California).- PniL., Cat. 1869. 42 (Chili). 



Qmrqucdnla caritlcaia, BiaixiEs, P. Z. S. l^-'42, 118.— GlSAV, Cat. B. Br. Mu.s. i, 1844, 13K— 

 Gav, Fn. Chilen. i, 1847, 452.— Gould, P. Z. S. 18.59, 96. 

 /7f//>.— South America, westerly. In Nortli America, from the Rocky Mountains to 



the Pacific, north to the Ct)lunibia. Loui.Niaiui. Florida .'.':' {.Muyuanl). 



List of specimens. 



Not obtained by Lieutenant Warit-ii's Kxpcdition. 



jMtir /:jpnlilif>iis.—(\0^:\f^-\l, Sweet Water and Platte Rivers; 61648-9, Utah. 



It has not often occurred that an abundant bird of North America 



