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Range. vV. Hemisphere. Breeds from cen. B. C., Great Slave Lake, 

 cen. Ungava, and N. F. s. to cen. Ore., n. Nev., n. N. M., cen. Mo., . 

 Ind., n. Ohio., w. N. Y. (occasionally R. I.), and Maine; winters from &>. 

 B. C., Ariz., s. Ills., Md., and Del. s. to the West Indies and S. A. as far as 

 Brazil and Chile; accidental in Bermuda and Europe. 



Washington, common W. V., Aug. 18-Jun3 2. Long Island uncommon 

 T. V., Mch. 24-Apl. 21; Aug. 28-Oct. 25. Ossining, common T. V. in fall, 

 Sept. 24-Oct. 17. Cambridge, rare in spring; very common (at least formerly) 

 Aug.-Oct. N. Ohio, not common T. V. Apl. 20-May 4. Glen Ellyn, not 

 common S. R., Apl. 2-Oct. 8. SE. Minn., common S. R., Mch. 29. 



Nest, on ground, well concealed in grass, near water. Eggs, 6-12, buffy 

 white or creamy buff, 1'85 x 1*30. Date, SE. Minn., May 10. 



The Blue-winged Teal is one of the swiftest of our Ducks. The 

 white face-marK of the male can be discerned at some distance, and, in 

 connection with the bird's small size, is a good field-mark. "The Blue 

 Wing's note is a whistling 'peep' repeated five or six times, but is seldom 

 heard. The duck quacks less plainly and in a hoarser voice than the 

 Green-wing' ' (Eaton) . 



The CINNAMON TEAL (1^1. Querquedula cyanoptera), a species of western 

 North America, sometimes occurs east of the Mississippi. It has been 

 recorded from Illinois and Florida. The male has the underparts deep 

 cinnamon; the female closely resembles the same sex of our Q. discors. 



The RUDDY SHELDRAKE (1J+1-1 Casarcaferruginea), an Old World species, 

 is of casual occurrence in Greenland. (See Allen, Auk, 1896, 243.) 



142. Spatula clypeata (Linn.}. SHOVELLER. Ad. cT. Head and 

 neck fuscous, glossed with bluish green; back and a broken line down back 

 of lower neck fuscous ; rest of lower neck and breast white ; lower breast and 

 belly rufous-chestnut; upper and under tail-coverts dark greenish; lessei 

 wing-coverts grayish blue, greater ones brownish gray tipped with white: 

 speculum green. Ad. 9. Throat buffy white; head and neck streaked witL. 

 buffy and black; rest of underparts more or less washed with buffy ochra- 

 ceous, everywhere indistinctly spotted with fuscous except on middle of 

 belly; back fuscous, the feathers with margins and internal crescents of 

 whitish and buffy; wing-coverts and speculum much as in d". Im. The im. 

 d" is intermediate between the ad. <? and 9 ; the im. 9 resemble the ad. 9 , 

 but the wing-coverts are slaty gray, the speculum with little or no green. 

 L., 20-00; W., 9'50; B., 2*50; greatest width of B., 1'20. 



Range. N. Hemisphere. In N. A. breeds from nw. Alaska, nw. 

 Mackenzie, and s. Keewatin s. to s. Calif., cen. N. M., n. Tex., n. Mo., 

 and n. Ind.; winters from s. B. C., Ariz., N. M., s. Mo., s. Ills., Md., and 

 Del. s. to the W. Indies, Colombia and Hawaii; in migration occasional in 

 Bermuda, and n. to N. S., and N. F. 



Washington, not uncommon W. V. Long Island, rare T. V., Oct. 25 

 Nov. 29. Ossining, A. V. Oct. Cambridge, one record. N. Ohio, not common 

 T. V., Mch. 12-Apl. 6; Sept. 20-Nov. 1. Glen Ellyn, not common T. V., 

 fall records only, Oct. 11-Nov. 8. SE. Minn., common T. V., uncommon 

 S. R., Mch. 30. 



Nest, on the ground, well concealed in grass, sometimes near to, some- 

 times far from water. Eggs, 6-11, pale olive-buff or pale greenish gray 

 similar to a Mallard's or Pintail's but smaller, 2*03 x I' 42 (Bent). Date, 

 Heron Lake, Minn., May 9. 



The Shoveller, like most of the members of this subfamily, is more 

 common in the Mississippi Valley than on the coast. It is generally a 

 silent bird, but its note in the breeding season is said to be took, took. It 

 feeds largely by tipping in shallow water. 



