﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  I95 
  

  

  Other 
  ducks 
  it 
  is 
  ver}^ 
  secretive 
  during 
  the 
  breeding 
  season 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  

   known 
  many 
  instances 
  in 
  which 
  broods 
  were 
  reared 
  near 
  farmhouses 
  with- 
  

   out 
  their 
  presence 
  being 
  suspected 
  until 
  the 
  young 
  were 
  able 
  to 
  fly. 
  Early 
  

   in 
  September 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  quite 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  ducking 
  grounds 
  of 
  western 
  

   New 
  York 
  and 
  sportsmen 
  often 
  make 
  large 
  bags 
  at 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  

   shooting 
  season 
  in 
  the 
  Monteziima 
  marshes, 
  and 
  the 
  ponds 
  and 
  bays 
  along 
  

   the 
  shores 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  The 
  flight 
  of 
  the 
  teal 
  is 
  rapid, 
  often 
  equaling 
  

   2 
  miles 
  per 
  minute. 
  Upon 
  alighting 
  they 
  drop 
  suddenly 
  into 
  the 
  marsh 
  like 
  

   a 
  snipe. 
  Flocks 
  of 
  teal 
  travel 
  in 
  a 
  densely 
  massed 
  compan}* 
  and 
  are 
  some- 
  

   times 
  seen 
  wheeling 
  about 
  over 
  their 
  feeding 
  grounds 
  at 
  dusk 
  or 
  daybreak 
  

   like 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  sandpipers. 
  The 
  Blue-wing's 
  note 
  is 
  a 
  whistling 
  "peep" 
  re- 
  

   peated 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  times 
  but 
  is 
  seldom 
  heard. 
  The 
  duck 
  quacks 
  less 
  plainly 
  

   and 
  in 
  hoarser 
  voice 
  than 
  the 
  Green-wing. 
  They 
  usually 
  depart 
  for 
  the 
  

   south 
  by 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  October 
  but 
  are 
  sometimes 
  taken 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  as 
  

   late 
  as 
  November 
  15th 
  or 
  even 
  the 
  12th 
  of 
  December. 
  

  

  The 
  nest 
  of 
  the 
  teal 
  is 
  carefully 
  concealed 
  on 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  marsh 
  

   and 
  thickly 
  lined 
  with 
  down. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  from 
  7 
  to 
  12 
  in 
  number, 
  of 
  a 
  

   creamy 
  buff 
  color 
  and 
  measure 
  1.85 
  x 
  1.3 
  inches. 
  

  

  Querquedula 
  cyanoptera 
  (Vieillot) 
  

   Cinnamon 
  Teal 
  

  

  Anas 
  cyanoptera 
  Vieillot. 
  Nouv. 
  Diet. 
  d'Hist. 
  Nat. 
  1816. 
  5 
  : 
  104 
  

  

  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  141 
  

  

  cyanop'tera, 
  Gr. 
  Kvavo's, 
  blue, 
  and 
  Trrcpov, 
  wing 
  

  

  Distinguishing 
  marks. 
  Male: 
  Head, 
  neck 
  and 
  under 
  parts 
  purplish 
  

   chestnut, 
  very 
  dark 
  on 
  crown, 
  chin 
  and 
  crissiim, 
  dusky 
  on 
  belly; 
  foreback 
  

   buffy 
  brown 
  varied 
  with 
  dark 
  brown 
  crescents 
  and 
  bars; 
  rump 
  greenish 
  

   brown; 
  wings 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  species. 
  Size 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  

   Blue-wing, 
  or 
  slightly 
  longer, 
  and 
  the 
  bill 
  longer. 
  Female: 
  Very 
  similar 
  

   to 
  female 
  d 
  i 
  s 
  c 
  o 
  r 
  s 
  , 
  but 
  bill 
  .25 
  inches 
  longer 
  and 
  under 
  parts 
  tinged 
  with 
  

   chestnut, 
  head 
  and 
  chin 
  more 
  speckled. 
  

  

  