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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  neotropical 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  Blue-winged 
  teal, 
  which 
  

   is 
  nearctic 
  in 
  distribution, 
  but 
  like 
  many 
  forms 
  of 
  South 
  American 
  origin 
  

  

  has 
  invaded 
  the 
  southwestern 
  

   United 
  States 
  and 
  occas- 
  

   ionally 
  appears 
  along 
  the 
  

   Gulf 
  coast. 
  This 
  teal 
  is 
  

   common 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Rock}'- 
  

   iTiountains 
  but 
  is 
  purely 
  

   accidental 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  

   States. 
  A 
  male 
  of 
  this 
  spec- 
  

   ies 
  in 
  fine 
  plumage 
  was 
  

   killed 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Seneca 
  

   lake, 
  Yates 
  co., 
  N. 
  Y., 
  about 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  April 
  1886, 
  

   and 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  

   of 
  Mr 
  James 
  Flahive, 
  Penn 
  

  

  Cinnamon 
  teal. 
  Querquedula 
  cyanoptera 
  (Vieillot). 
  New 
  York 
  

   specimen, 
  James 
  Flahive 
  collection. 
  } 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  Yan, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  Spatula 
  clypeata 
  (Linnaeus) 
  

   Shoveler 
  

  

  Plate 
  14 
  

  

  Anas 
  clj'peata 
  Linnaeus. 
  Syst. 
  Nat. 
  Ed. 
  10. 
  1758. 
  1:124 
  

  

  DeKay. 
  Zool. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  1844. 
  pt 
  2, 
  p. 
  342, 
  fig. 
  245 
  

   Spatula 
  clypeata 
  A. 
  O. 
  U. 
  Check 
  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  142 
  

  

  spa'tula, 
  Lat., 
  a 
  broad 
  piece, 
  a 
  spoon; 
  dyped'ta, 
  Lat., 
  clypeum, 
  a 
  shield; 
  

   both 
  names 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  bill 
  

  

  Description. 
  Bill 
  long 
  and 
  greatly 
  expanded 
  at 
  the 
  end, 
  with 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  line 
  and 
  prominent 
  lamellae. 
  Adult 
  male: 
  Head 
  and 
  neck 
  dark 
  shiny 
  

   green; 
  lower 
  neck, 
  forebreast, 
  scapulars 
  and 
  patch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  base 
  of 
  

   tail, 
  white 
  ; 
  back 
  brownish 
  black 
  ; 
  inner 
  secondaries, 
  rump, 
  upper 
  and 
  under 
  

   tail 
  coverts 
  greenish 
  black; 
  belly 
  reddish 
  chestnut; 
  wing 
  coverts 
  grayish 
  

   blue; 
  mirror 
  rich 
  green, 
  bordered 
  in 
  front 
  by 
  white 
  and 
  on 
  sides 
  b}^ 
  black; 
  

   bill 
  blackish; 
  feet 
  orange 
  red; 
  iris 
  3^ellow. 
  Female: 
  Plumage 
  varied 
  with 
  

   brownish 
  3'ellow 
  and 
  dusky, 
  in 
  pattern 
  like 
  the 
  female 
  Blue-winged 
  teal; 
  

   wings 
  similar 
  to 
  drake's, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  bright 
  ; 
  feet 
  orange 
  ; 
  bill 
  greenish 
  brown 
  

   on 
  top 
  sparsely 
  speckled 
  with 
  dusk}^ 
  ochery 
  orange 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  below. 
  

  

  