ClNNAiMOIs TEAL. 121 



NESTS AND EGGS. 



Nests, placed on the ground, composed of weeds and grass, etc. Egos, six to eight in number 

 elliptical in form, pale creamy buff in color. Dimensions, J. 20 bj' 1.80 to 1.2o by ].!»;j. 



HABITS. 

 The European Teal appeals to he a constant resident in (ii-ei-iilaud and isoccasionallv 

 taken on our Atlantic coast where doubtlessh' it wouhj not diO'er essentiallv in liabit 

 from tlie American Green whig. 



QUERQUEDULA CYANIOPTERA. 

 Cinnamon Teal. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Ch. Size and form of the Blue winged Teal. Adult, mai,e. Head, neck and lower parts, rich 

 purplish chestnut, bocoming dusky on abdomen. Sides and flanks, black. Inter- scapulars and back, chestnut, 

 markeil with U-shaped bars of black and becoming dusky in the middle. Tertiaries, black, with a central 

 stripe of dusky. Scapulars, simular, blue on outer webs of outermost feathers. Lesser wing coverts, plain 

 light blue. Middle coverts dusky, tipped with whitish. Speculum, green. Primaries and tail, with 

 coverts dusky, edged with pale. Axillaries. wliite. Bill, black. Iris, orange. Feet, orange, with webs 

 blackish. 



Adult female. Similar to that of Q. discors, but the upper part of the throat is unstreaked and the 

 abdomen distinctly spotted. 



YouxG male, Similar to the female but the markings below are decidedly streak like. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Length, U.50 to Ki.oO ; stretch, 23.50 to 25.50 ; wing, 7.30 to 7.75 : tail, 3.00 to 3.50 ; bill, 1..jO to 

 1.75 ; tarsus, 1.20 to 1.30. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Readily distinguished in the adult stage from the Blue-wing by the uniform chestnut color beneath. 

 Tlie female is larger than that of the Blue-wing, and decidedly streaked on the alidonien. 



NESTS AND EGGS. 



Nests, placed on the ground, composed of grasses and lined with feathers and do^vn. Eggs, eight to 

 twelve in number, oval in form. Pale buff in color. Dimensions, 1.80 by 1.30 to 1.87 by 1.44. 



HABITS. 

 Tills well known western Teal, so abundant west of the Rocky Mountains is occa- 

 sionally found in tlie Gulf States, even as far east as Indian River. Florichi. It does not 

 iippear to differ in habit from the Blne-wiuir. 



NETTA RUFINA. 

 Rufous-crested Duck. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Ch. About the size of tlic Red-headed Duck, with the head conspicuously crested. 



Color, Adult .male, head and upper neck, rusty red with a rosy tinting. Lower part of neck, fore 



