CINNAMON TEAL 
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birds reared by the parents, but these escaped. Mr. Wormald writes me that he, 
too, has reared them. On the Continent the species has evidently been bred in Berlin, 
and Rogeron (1903) says two of his friends in or near Angers, France, had little 
trouble in breeding them for several years. The adults and the young were treated 
the same as the Carolina Ducks and Mandarins. 
Dealers in live birds have often confused the nomenclature of this species with that 
of the Blue-winged Teal {Anas discors) so that we do not always know what Euro- 
pean fanciers are talking about when they write of “Blue-winged Teal.” They usu- 
ally mean the present species, sometimes perhaps the common Garganey. 
Cinnamon Teal reared in captivity are known to breed (at least some of them) the 
first year. Mr. Wormald’s stock in Norfolk, England, have laid as early as April 20 
and these were no doubt originally obtained in South America. Hand-reared birds 
fetch a high price, about £6 per pair, and are by no means easy to get. 
Hybrids. The only wild-killed hybrid hitherto reported is between this species 
and the Blue-winged Teal (Suchetet, 1896; Deane, 1905a). One between the Cin- 
namon Teal and the Carolina Duck has been bred in captivity (Poll, 1921). 
GEOGRAPHICAL RACES 
ANAS CYANOPTERA CYANOPTERA Vieillot 
Chabactehs: Size smaller. Wing of males 180-202 mm.; bill 42.4-47.7; tarsus 30.7-33.5. 
Range: Entire range of the species excepting the Andean plateau of Peru. 
ANAS CYANOPTERA ORINOMUS (Oberholseb) 
Querquedula orinomus Oberholser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 19, p. 93, 1906. 
Characters: Size larger. Wing of males 219-225 mm.; bill 46.0-48.5; tarsus 36.5-37 (Museum of 
Comparative Zoology specimens from Lake Titicaca). The color characters enumerated by Ober- 
holser do not appear to be reliable in the small series at hand. The black chin is a variable character 
and probably increases with age, as in the Garganey and Blue-wing. 
Range: Andean plateau of Peru. 
