40 ANSERES : Lamellirostral Swimmers 



SHOVELLER 



(142. Spatula clypeata) 20 in. 



Male: Head and neck metallic green-blue and purple (at a 

 distance appears black}; lower neck and chest white, extending 

 over shoulders on back; breast and belly chestnut; closed wing 

 extensively blue; speculum green; back dusky centrally. 



Female: A mixture of dusky and brown; body feathers light- 

 edged, giving scaled pattern; wing blue as in male, but duller. 



The long shovel bill is distinctive. 



GREEN-WINGED TEAL 



(139. Nettion carolinense) 15 in. 



Male: Head chestnut except broad green crescent from eye 

 backward and downward, joining a short crest on hind-neck; chin 

 black; chest rusty, with round black spots; back and sides 

 finely waved dusky and white; speculum metallic green, below a 

 velvety-black stripe; under tail coverts buff, framed in black. 



Female: Dusky above, buffy-or gray-edged; cheeks and neck 

 finely dusky-specked; throat white; chest pale rusty, dusky- 

 spotted. 



Flies in close, compact flocks. 



CINNAMON TEAL 



(141. Querquedula cyanoptera) 16 in. 



Male: Body bright cinnamon, darker and browner above, and 

 buffy-edged black scapulars: wing-coverts blue; speculum green. 



Female: Back dusky, buffy-edged; head and neck buffy, 

 finely dusky-streaked; blue of wing duller. In the field is hardly 

 identifiable from Green-winged female. 



BLUE- WINGED TEAL See Appendix. 



(140. Querquedula discors) 15 in. 



