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CINNAMON TEAL. 



Anas cyanoptera Vieill. 



In the adult male the top of the head is blackish- 

 brown, while the rest of the head, the neck and lower 

 parts are bright chestnut. This color grows darker on 

 the belly, until it is quite black on the under tail-coverts. 

 The scapulars, or shoulder feathers, and a part of the 

 back, are chestnut, the feathers having paler edges and 

 the long ones a buff central stripe ; these are also barred 

 with black. The smaller wing-coverts and the outer 

 webs of some of the scapulars are sky-blue. The middle 

 coverts are dark, tipped with white, and the speculum is 

 dark metallic green. The tail is blackish, the bill is 

 black, the eyes yellow or orange and the feet are bright 

 yellow, with touches of dusky. The female is very much 



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