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(Male.) 



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(Female.) 



Subgenus QUERQUEDULA Si eihen.s. 



ANAS DI5C0R5 ////// 



Bluc=winj>;ed Teal. 



.\<fult ina/r: Head o-ray with purplisli -lo.ss, darkt-st on 

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

 eye; wini,^ covert.s and sonic of the scainilars pale yrayi.sh 

 l)lue forming a grayish blue patch on the wing ; .speculum 

 rich green : under parts purplish gray spotted on tlie lireast 

 with black : the flanks are narrowly barred with l)Iack 'IMie 

 bill is black, the feet yellow. 



Aciiilt female: Showing a blue patch on wing, which 

 istmguislies 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 : IJill. ,.60. 



Rano-e.s throuoiiout Eastern North Anu-rici 

 breeding chiefly nortii of the United State.s. 

 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 tweh'e in number. The 

 male whistles and the female "quacks." 



ANAS CYANOPTERA Vicill. 

 Cinnamon Teal. 



\, ill It male: Head, neck, and upper parts chest= 



nut brown, the crown somewhat darker than the .sides 

 oi the head ; under parts brownish showing dusky on 

 the belly ; rump olive brown, feathers becoming lighter 

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

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

 tion of the wing being similar to the ]31ue-winged Teal. 

 i)ut the coloration of the body is so different tliat it 

 should never be confounded with that species. 



Adult feuialc : Resembles the female of the Hlue- 

 winged Teal although larger: the under parts show 



(Male.) 



