ARGENTINE GRAY TEAL 
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ducks (Peters, MS.) ; it was exceeded by the Chiloe Widgeon and greatly outnum- 
bered by the Brown Pintail, which was twenty to thirty times as numerous. Barrows 
(1884) considered it the commonest duck in winter in Uruguay. In Chile it is some- 
what more rare than the Cinnamon Teal (Philippi, 1868). 
Behavior in Captivity. According to Miss Hubbard (1907) these Teal were not 
exhibited by the London Gardens until 1902, when a pair was purchased from 
the Zoological Society of Antwerp. IMr. Jamrach, the well-known importer, in- 
formed her that it was plentiful at times in the bird markets and was sold by him at 
£6 the pair. It has been kept in Berlin, but apparently has not bred there. In fact, 
I am not sure that it has ever been bred in Europe. It has been exhibited in the New 
York Gardens and Job (1915) states that IMr. Cook of Woodbury, Long Island, has 
bred the “Pampas Teal.” This may or may not refer to the Argentine Gray Teal. 
The price in New York was about $9.00 each. 
Hybrids. There are no wild hybrids on record, but Mr. Wormald (1914) states 
that in confinement he has crossed this species with the Baikal Teal {Anas formosa) . 
