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Much of the hunting of all kinds in Panama to date has been 

 through jack-lighting at night, which, so far as ducks are concerned, 

 requires more skill than may be supposed. Men wait in complete 

 dark at pools favored by ducks, with head lamp and gun in readiness. 

 When the birds arrive they alight with an audible spatter and dis- 

 turbance in the water. As the headlight is flashed the gun must fire 

 instantly, since the birds rise in the second that the light appears and 

 are gone. Some become expert at this, but others never learn the 

 proper coordination. The annual kill at the La Jagua Hunting Club 

 has ranged from 85 in 1938 to 257 in 1942 and 173 in 1943. 



ANAS DISCORS ORPHNA Stewart and Aldrich 



Anas discors orphna Stewart and Aldrich, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 69, 

 May 21, 1956, p. 31. (Elliott, Dorchester County, Maryland.) 



Characters. — The dark markings blacker; head and neck darker 

 gray ; averaging darker throughout. 



Measurements (from Stewart and Aldrich, cit. supra). — Males (8 

 specimens), wing 180-193 (186.1), tail 61.0-69.5 (66.4), culmen 35.0- 

 43.5 (41.0), tarsus 30.5-34.5 (32.0) mm. 



Females (3 specimens), wing 168.5-180.0 (173.2), tail 59.5-65.5 

 (63.3), culmen 39.0-41.5 (40.0) , tarsus 30.5-33.0 (31.5) mm. 



Winter visitor from the north. Rare. 



The only record for Panama is a male shot by Rudolf o Hinds near 

 Almirante, Bocas del Toro, March 25, 1960. 



This subspecies, marked by darker colors, nests in brackish waters 

 along the Atlantic seaboard from Nova Scotia south to northeastern 

 North Carolina. In migration it has been reported in Cuba and in 

 Venezuela. 



ANAS CYANOPTERA SEPTENTRIONALIUM Snyder and Lumsden: 

 Cinnamon Teal; Cerceta Colorado 



Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium Snyder and Lumsden, Occ. Pap. Royal 

 Ontario Mus. Zool., no. 10, Aug. 10, 1951, p. 16. (2 miles south of Jensen, 

 Utah.) 



Similar in form and color of shoulder to the blue-winged teal ; male 

 reddish brown, without white mark in front of eye ; female differs 

 from blue-wing only in faintly longer bill. 



Description. — Length 340 to 380 mm. Male, in size and form like 

 the blue-winged teal but reddish brown, with blackish rump and tail, 

 and markings of black on the back ; wing coverts grayish blue. 



Female, so like the female blue-winged teal that it may be identified 

 with difficulty ; bill usually averaging longer, 40.8 to 44.1 mm. 



