CINNAMON TEAL 



more restricted and white bar less perfect ; under 

 parts brownish white, with streaks and spots 

 (faint or absent on the throat and abdomen). 

 Bill greenish dusky; feet yellowish or flesh 

 colored. 



The commonest of the North American ducks 

 which visit the Canal Zone in winter. 



7. Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieillot) 

 Cinnamon Teal 



Length 406 mm. (16.00 in.); tail 90 mm. (3.50 

 in.). 



Male. Head, neck and lower parts uniform 

 rich chestnut, the top of head blackish, the belly 

 duller, wings much as in Q. discors. 



Female. Similar to Q. discors but the plumage 

 darker and more heavily streaked, the breast 

 deeply tinged with brown. 



Young. Similar to female. 



A species common throughout the western 

 United States. Three were shot by a party 

 with Commander Marshall Collins, U.S.N. early 

 in January 1925, on the Rio Chico. 



8. Dafila acuta tzitzihoa (Vieillot) 

 Pintail 



Dafila acuta STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 

 247. 



Adult male. Length 715 mm. (28.00 in.); 

 tail 215 mm. (8.50 in.). Head and throat olive 

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