170 General Notes. Aut 
The Cinnamon Tealin Louisiana. — There are three comparatively late 
records of the occurrence of the Cinnamon Teal (Querqguedula cyanoptera) 
in the State of Louisiana; all of these are from the southeastern part of 
the State, though the bird might be reasonably expected to be much more 
frequent in the western parishes. The first record was of a pair taken in 
December, 1884, on the western shore of Lake Pontchartrain, close to 
New Orleans. They were collected by a professional hunter, at that time 
in theemploy of Prof. G. E. Beyer, of Tulane University. These specimens 
were sent to the State University at Baton Rouge, and have since been 
lost sight of. 
In December, 1893, Mr. A. Perilliat shot two females on Lake Catta- 
watchie, about fifteen miles from New Orleans. These were mounted by 
Prof. Beyer, and are now in Mr. Perilliat’s possession. 
The third record, of a single male, was obtained at St. Malo, on 
Lake Borgne, the first week in January, 1900. This specimen, a very 
dark one, shot by a hunter named Rafael Robin, passed into the 
hands of Mr. G. A. Nelson, and was donated by him to the Tulane 
University Museum. — ANDREW ALLISON, Tulane University, New 
Orleans, La. 
An Interesting Hybrid. — An exceedingly interesting hybrid between 
a Mallard (Anas boschas) and Pin-tail (Dafila acuta) was shot near New 
Orleans on February 18, by a professional hunter. It was presented to 
the Museum of Tulane University, and is now mounted and incorporated 
into the ornithological collection. 
The specimen is not only unique on account of the distribution of the 
external male characteristics of the two species of ducks, but also on 
account of the perfect development of the sexual organs themselves, 
which, especially at this time of the year, should hardly be expected in 
the normal male of any species of duck. The testes were exactly five- 
eighths of an inch in length, by three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. 
Microscopic examination of both the testes as well as the seminal ducts 
revealed apparently normal and fecundising fluid. 
The general outline of the bird itself is that of the male Pin-tail with 
the exception of the length and thickness of the neck, which is more like 
that of the Mallard. 
The head in general is rather heavy and compact; in color it is a 
mixture of the violet iridescence of the Pin-tail with the green of the 
Mallard; the crown and bill, however, in color as well as shape, are 
strictly Pin-tail, as are the wings, on which the speculum is rather of a 
brighter green than is ordinarily found in that duck, and resembles more 
the speculum of the male Green-winged Teal. 
The rest of the upper parts are those of the Pin-tail also, whereas the 
lower parts are those of the male Mallard. The distribution of colors on 
the neck, however, is not symmetrical, for the right side is Pin-tail, and 
the left exhibits the characteristic chestnut of the Mallard, extending 
from the chest up to the somewhat broader white ring. 
