WARM-WEATHER BIRDS. 23 
Their clutch is from eight to ten clear white eggs, 
in the southern and central states, where they fre- 
quently have two hatchings; in the north their num- 
ber is often twelve to fourteen, when they have only 
one. They travel at the rate of about 130 miles an 
hour, exceeded only by the greenwinged teal. They 
are both a timber and prairie bird all over their range. 
For nesting, see chart. 
Like the bluebill, pintail, ringbill, etc., they are often 
stained upon the breast and head a rusty color, pre- 
sumably, from frequenting water fed by iron springs, 
so numerous in the south. They mix a great deal 
with the coots, eagerly devouring the seeds of the teal 
moss, which the former by diving tear up by the roots, 
and the long sprays covered with seeds float upon the 
surface of the water. Length 16; wing 7.20; tarsus 
1.20; extent 24.00; middle toe 1.40. 
SuBGENus Querquedula. 
Anas cyanoptera—CInNamMon or RED TEAL.— 
Habitat—The western half of North America, from 
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to the Pacific 
Coast; south to the lower part of South America. In 
range it is nearly opposite to the black duck, which 
ranges to the east. 
The spring and fall flights or issues are almost iden- 
tical with those of the bluewinged teal, regarding time 
of arrival and departure, as well as the peculiar as- 
sembling and migration in the afternoon. Their 
grounds are practically the same. Their notes in call- 
ing are similar, their flight and flocking together, 
speed and direct course scarcely differ; while the fe- 
