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of Mexico the only record is on an accidental occurrence in Coast

Bica. There is no reliable record as yet for the West Indies.


During the winter season the Cinnamon Teal of the southern

hemisphere has been noted as far south as the mouth of the Senger

Biver, in Patagonia, latitude 44°S., and Chiloe Island, Chile, in

nearly the same latitude. The northern range in winter is not

determinable with exactness from present data. The species passes

north to Eio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and to Southern Paraguay. It

has been noted at Chorillos and Tungasuca, Peru; near Quito,

Ecuador, at Bogota and Santa Marta, Colombia. These Ecuador and

Colombia Teal may be accidental occurrences. It is significant, at

least, that all the specimens from Colombia were taken half a century

ago, and the species has not been noted there by recent collectors.


Spring Migration .—The northward movement of the Cinna¬

mon Teal in the United States begins about the 1st of March, and

arrivals have been noted at Ash Meadows, Nevada, March 18th,

1891 ; Grangeville, Idaho, April 11th, 1887; Chilliwack, British

Columbia, April 24th, 1888, and April 22nd, 1889; Beloit, Colo.,

March 23rd, 1892 ; Colorado Springs, April 9th, 1882 ; Loveland,

Colo., April 13th, 1890; Lay, Colo., April 20th, 1890; Omaha,

Nebr., April 10th, 1896, and April 12th, 1897; Lake Como,

Wyoming, about May 5th.


Fall Migration .—Southward 'migration occurs chiefly in

September, and the northern portion of the breeding grounds from

British Columbia to Eastern Colorado is deserted about the middle

of October.


Migration in South America .—The Cinnamon Teal of South

America is migratory in at least part of its range, for in Central

Argentina it is abundant during the winter season, April to Septem¬

ber, and rare or lacking during the breeding period. The species is

migratory also in the southern portion of its range in Chile. In

Northern Chile and in Peru migration records are wanting. The

time and direction of the migration of this species in South America

correspond closely with those in the United States, but of course

the breeding and wintering seasons are reversed, since they are on

opposite sides of the Equator.


Thus the Cinnamon Teal is distributed in two distinct



