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141. Cinnamon Teal. Querquedula cyanoptera. 



Range. Western United States, chiefly west of the Rocky Mountains. 

 Casually east to Texas, Illinois and British Columbia. 



The Cinnamon Teal is another small Duck, marked by the uniform rich 

 chestnut plumage and light blue wing coverts. The speculum is green. The 

 nesting habits are the same as those of the other Teals, the nests being placed on 

 the ground in marshes or fields near water. Their nests are closely woven of 

 grass and weeds and lined with down and feathers from the breast of the bird. 

 The eggs are pale buff and number from six to fourteen. Size 1.85 x 1.35. 



[14 1. 1.] Ruddy Sheldrake. Casarca casarca. 

 This is an Old World species that has accidently occurred in Greenland. 



142. Shoveller. Spatula clypeata. 



Range. Whole of North America, 

 breeding in the interior from Texas 

 northward. 



This strikingly marked Duck is 

 twenty inches in length, has a green 

 head and speculum, blue wing coverts 

 and chestnut belly. The bill is long 

 and broad at the tip. It makes its nest 

 on the ground in marshy places, of grass, 

 weeds and feathers. Six to ten eggs 

 constitute a complete set. They are 

 greenish or leaden gray color. Size 

 2.10 x 1.50. Data. Graham's Is., N. 

 Dakota, May 28, 1899. Nest of dead 

 weed stems and grass, lined with down. 

 Ten eggs. Collector, E. S. Bryant. 



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[Lead gray 



143. Pintail. Dailla aruta. 



Range. Northern Hemisphere, breeding in North America from northern 



United States northward, wintering 

 south to Panama. This species, which 

 is also known as the Sprig-tail is very 

 common in the United States in the 

 spring and fall migrations. It is about 

 thirty inches long, its length depend- 

 ing upon the development of the tail 

 feathers, the central ones of which are 

 long and pointed. They breed casually 

 in many sections of the United States, 

 but in abundance from Manitoba to 

 the Arctic Ocean. They nest near the 

 water, laying from six to twelve eggs 

 of dull olive color. Size 2.20 x 1.50. 

 [Dull olive gray] Data. -Graham's Is., Devil's Lake, >. 



Dakota, June 15, 1900. fen eggs. Nest on the ground, of weeds, lined with 



down. Colony breeding. Collector, E. S. Bryant. 



