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LAMELLIROSTRAL 8\VI.MMEUS — ANSERES. 



nearly the whole tliroiit being Htreiikeil, the bruuHt deeply tinged witli light brown, und the 

 ubiloiuen ulnioMt ulwayH dixtinclly H]i<ittcd. 



The Ked-hreasti'tl Tciil, so cliiinuitcristic of Ciilit'ornia, is almost exclusively a 

 western speeies, and is t'oiind along tho Taeitic! coast from I'uget Sound to Chili, and 

 even, at certain seasons, to tlie Falkland Islands. It occurs eastward to the Kocky 

 Movuitains, and stragglers have l)een taken in Louisiana, in Floriihi^ and — as 1 am 

 assured by friends who have met with it there — in the inlets of North Carolina. 



Colonel (iray.son met with it at Mazatlan, where it was rather common, but where 

 it occurred only during tho winter and spring months, and n(!ver in large numbers. 



Female (nat. size). 



Mr. J. A. Allen mentions finding it in great abundance in the valley of Great Salt 

 Lake. Captain Abbott speaks of meeting with it at Mare Ilarlwr, in East Falkland, 

 where he obtained seven examples in one day. It was generally very wild, and far 

 from common. Although he was unable to find its nest, he had no doubt that it was 

 breeding on the island, he having noticed it in pairs during the summer months. 

 jNlr. II. Durnford mentions it as resident, but rare, in Central I'atagonia, where he 

 met with it at the mouth of the Sengel. 



According to Dr. Cooper, this western analogue of the Blue-winged Teal of the oast 

 is common in winter throughout the lower portion of California, assembling in con- 

 siderable flocks, though everywhere less abundant than the (ireen-winged species. It 

 associates with that and other species on all the fresh waters, and has similtir habits 

 in respect to its manner of flight and mode of feeding. It is also easily shot, and 

 very good for the table. In summer it is found in nearly all parts of the State, and 

 also migrates north through the open country east of the Caseadi> iSIountaius to the 

 Upper Columbia, it having been obtained by Dr. Suckley at Fort Dalles in ISIay. Dr. 

 Cooper nas also shot it in October near the Spokane River in Washington Territory. 

 Dr. Ileermann was of the opinion that this species leaves the central portions of 

 California in winter ; but examples were found there at that season by Dr. Kennerly, 

 and Dr. Cooper also saw it in small numliers near the Coloratlo, in latitude 36°. 



