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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



This is the neotropical representative of the Blue-winged teal, which 

 is nearctic in distribution, but like many forms of South American origin 



has invaded the southwestern 

 United States and occas- 

 ionally appears along the 

 Gulf coast. This teal is 

 common west of the Rocky 

 mountains but is purely 

 accidental in the Eastern 

 States. A male of this spec- 

 ies in fine plumage was 

 killed on the shore of Seneca 

 lake, Yates co., N. Y., about 

 the middle of April 1886, 

 and is now in the collection 

 of Mr James Flahive, Penn 



Cinnamon teal. Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieillot). New York -rr -^j .^t- 



specimen, James Flahive collection, i nat. size ^ ail, 1\ . 1 . 



Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus) 



Shoveler 



Plate 14 



--V n a s clypeata Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. lo. 1758. 1:124 



DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 342, fig. 245 

 Spatula clypeata A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 2. 1895. No. 142 



spa'tula, Lat., a broad piece, a spoon; clypea'ta, Lat., clypeum, a shield; 

 both names referring to the shape of the bill 



Description. Bill long and greatly expanded at the end, with numer- 

 ous fine and prominent lamellae. Adult male: Head and neck dark shiny 

 green; lower neck, forebreast, scapulars and patch on each side of base of 

 tail, white ; back brownish black ; inner secondaries, rump, upper and under 

 tail coverts greenish black; belly reddish chestnut; wing coverts grayish 

 blue; mirror rich green, bordered in front by white and on sides by black; 

 bill blackish; feet orange red^ iris yellow. Female: Plumage varied with 

 brownish yellow and dusky, in pattern like the female Blue-winged teal; 

 wings similar to drake's, but not so bright; feet orange; bill greenish brown 

 on top sparsely speckled with dusky ochery orange at base and below. 



