KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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(Male.) 



(Female.) 



Subgenus QUERQUEDULA Stephens. 



ANAS DISCORS Lmn. 



Blue-winged Teal. 



Adiiltinale; Head gray with purplish gloss, darkest on 

 top ; a white patch resembling a crescent in front of the 



eye ; wing coverts and some of the scapulars pale grayish 

 blue forming a grayish blue patch on the wing ; speculum 

 rich green ; under parts purplish gray spotted on the breast 

 with black ; the flanks are narrowly barred with black. The 

 bill is black, the feet yellow. 



Adnlt female : Showing a blue patch on wing, wliich 

 distinguishes it from other Teals, except the female of Anas 

 cyanoptera, but the color of the head will always distinguish 

 it from that species. 



Length, 16 ; Wing, 7.25 ; Tarsus, 1.25 ; Bill, 1.60. 



Ranges throughout Eastern North America 

 breeding chiefly north of the United States. 

 In winter it is common in Florida and its 

 range extends to the West Indies and North- 

 ern South America. The eggs are pale buff 

 usually from eight to twelve in number. The 

 male whistles and the female " quacks." 



ANAS CYANOPTERA VieiH. 

 Cinnamon Teal. 



Adult male : Head, neck, and upper parts chest- 

 nut brown, the crown somewhat darker than the sides 

 of the head ; under parts brownish showing dusky on 

 the belly ; rump olive brown, feathers becoming lighter 

 on the edges ; wing coverts blue gray, similar to the 

 Blue-winged Teal ; speculum green ; the general colora- 

 tion of the wing being similar to the Blue-winged Teal, 

 but the coloration of the body is so different that it 

 should never be confounded with that species. 



Adult female : Resembles the female of the Blue- 

 winged Teal although larger; the under parts show 



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