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KEY TO WATERFOWL (Cont.) 

 52' Rich cinnamon red over much of body and head. CINNAMON TEAL, male 



53 Speculum purplish-blue with upper and lower white borders; feet 



orange. 54 



53' Speculum with no purple; feet bluish-gray. 55 



54 Generally brown all over (except speculum and whitish belly). 



MALLARD, female 



54' Sides and belly white; breast cinnamon; rump, head and neck green 



OR with flecks of these colors in the latter 3 areas. MALLARD, male 



NOT E : In a wing specimen without accompanying feet, Steller's Eider 

 (choice 20) and Harlequin Duck (choice 21) might key out to here; 

 check choices 19-21 to be sure. 



55 Speculum violet, bronze and green. 56 

 55' Speculum green or green and black. 57 



56 Speculum glossy, bordered behind with black and white bars and in 



front by cinnamon-buff bar. PINTAIL, male 



56' Speculum dull without black bar. PINTAIL, female 



57 Speculum green and black, edged in front by cinnamon-buff bar; no 

 shoulder patch; wing length <210 mm. 58 



57' Speculum mostly green, edged in front by black; large white or gray 



shoulder patch; wing >230 mm. 59 



58 Upper tail coverts black with ashy edges; under tail coverts black 



and yellow; sides gray. GREEN-WINGED TEAL, male 



58' Body brownish all over. GREEN-WINGED TEAL, female 



59 Middle and greater wing coverts white, forming large white wing 

 patch; green speculum shades to black towards tips of feathers. 



AMERICAN WIGEON, male 



59' Middle and greater wing coverts gray; green speculum feathers 



tipped with white. AMERICAN WIGEON, female 



