ORDER ANSERES. gl 



141. Anas cyanoptera VIEILL. 



Cinnamon Teal. 



Anas cyanoptera VIEILLOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. V. 1816, 104. 



[B 5 82,C 4 97 5 R6io, 717.] 



GEOG. DIST. Western America from British Columbia south to 

 Chili, Patagonia, and Falkland Islands ; east in North America to 

 the Rocky Mountains and southern Texas ; casual in the Mississippi 

 Valley and Florida. 



GENUS SPATULA BOIE. 

 Spatula BOIE, Isis, 1822, 564. Type, Anas dypeata LINN. 



142. Spatula dypeata (LINN.). 



Shoveller. 



Anas dypeata LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 124. 

 Spatula dypeata BOIE, Isis, 1822, 564. 



[B 5 8 3 , C 4 98, R6o8, C 7 i8.] 



GEOG. DIST. Northern hemisphere. In North America breeding 

 from Alaska to Texas ; not abundant on the Atlantic coast north of 

 the Carolinas. 



GENUS DAFILA STEPHENS. 

 Dafila STEPHENS, Gen. Zool. XII. pt. ii. 1824, 126. 



143. Dafila acuta (LINN.). 



Pintail. 



Anas acuta LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 126. 

 Dafila acuta BONAP. Comp. List, 1838, 56. 



[B 57 8, C 4 9o, R6o 5 , C 710.] 



GEOG. DIST. Northern hemisphere. In North America breeds 

 from the northern parts of the United States northward, and migrates 

 south to Panama and Cuba. 



