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In the north the species has been found as far east as Cayenne (von Berlepsch, 1908). Specimens 
Guianas have also been taken in Dutch Guiana (F. P. and A. P. Penard, 1908-10) and others 
in British Guiana (C. B. Dawson, 1916), but so far as I know it has not yet been 
Colombia recorded from Venezuela. In parts of western Colombia it seems to be not uncommon. 
P. L. Sclater (1855) has recorded it from Bogota and Santa Marta, and Hellmayr (1911) from the 
Rio Sipi. A specimen in the British Museum labeled “New Grenada,” is probably from near 
Bogotd. According to F. M. Chapman (1917) it is an abundant bird in the Cauca Valley, and has 
been taken at Cali and Palmira also. It occurs occasionally in Ecuador, near Quito (Taczanowski 
and von Berlepsch, 1885; Goodfellow, 1902). From Peru it has been recorded for 
Chorillos, Santa Lucia and Tungasuca (Taczanowski, 1886) as well as for Lake 
Titicaca (J. A. Allen, 1875; Oberholser, 1906). Menegaux (1910) has recorded it from the Bolivian 
Andes. 
Farther south this Teal becomes more common. It occurs in Paraguay (H. and R. von Ihering, 
Paraguay 1907; Bertoni, 1913) and in southeastern Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul (H. and R. von 
Ihering, 1907). In the Argentine it is found throughout, though less commonly in the 
Argentina north. Lillo (1902) has recorded it for Tucuman, Dabbene (1910) for Catamarca, 
Giacomelli (1907) for Rioja. Frenzel (1891) says it is common in Cordoba, and Schulz (Dabbene, 
1910) also found it there. H. Burmeister (1861) found the species along the Parana, and Hartert and 
Venturi (1909) have recorded its breeding on the Parana Islands. Though Burmeister met with the 
species in Mendoza also, and Mr. J. L. Peters (MS.) recently shot a specimen there in March, Reed 
(1916) states that it is a very rare bird in that Province. 
In Uruguay it is an abundant species in winter (Barrows, 1884). Aplin (1894) speaks of it as not 
uncommon, and Tremoleras (1920) has recorded it for Montevideo and Cerro Largo. In Buenos 
Aires Province it is most common in winter, though a considerable number stay to breed (A. H. 
Holland, 1892; Durnford, 1878; P. L. Sclater and Hudson, 1889; C. H. B. Grant, 1911; E. Gibson, 
1920). According to Doering (1881) it is common southward to the Rio Colorado. Peters (MS.) 
found it a not imcommon breeding bird in Rio Negro Province, but Durnford (1878) says it is only a 
rare resident in Chubut. The range, however, extends to the Straits of Magellan, where the 
species was found by Cimningham (P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1868), and again more recently (Sal- 
vador!, 1900a). According to Dabbene (1910) it has been found even in Tierra del Fuego. In the 
Falklands Abbott (1861) found the species not common, but apparently breeding. 
In Chile the Cinnamon Teal seems to be moderately common, at least in the central and northern 
Chile parts. It is said to be plentiful at certain seasons on Chiloe Island (Lane, 1897) and 
was found very abundant there near Ancud, by R. M. Beck (MS.). There are further 
records for Valdivia (U.S. Biological Survey), Talcahuano, Colchagua and Santiago (British Mu- 
seum), Ovalle and La Serene (Schalow, 1898), Antofagasta (Philippi, 1888) and Tarapaca, where it 
was found breeding (Lane, 1897). 
Migration in South America 
Information is too meager to make any definite statement, but it does seem that in southern South 
America, at least, the birds nest ehiefly in Patagonia, retiring to the northern Argentine, Uruguay 
and southeastern Brazil for the winter. In Chile they probably go south as far as Chiloe Island in 
some numbers to breed, but in the high Andean regions of Peru they are sedentary as proved by the 
local race (Anas cyanoptera orinomus) which has developed there. 
GENERAL HABITS 
The Cinnamon Teal is obviously closely related to our Blue-winged Teal but the 
form of the bill is a little more Shoveller-like and the tracheal bulb is much larger. 
