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KEY TO Till-; BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



bba-kish (m;Uc) ; sides of head, speckled (dull white, dotted with black) ; chin and throat, 

 dusky, tinted with rufous i teinak'). Westei'u 8j)ecies rare east of the Mississippi Kiver. 



Allan cyanoptera. Cinnamon Teal. 

 See No. 98. 

 No blue patch on wing; head, rufous brown with large patch of green through eye 

 touape; speeuluui, Ijlack aud greeu (male); head, speel;Ied. Xo ))lue pateli on wiiif;- (female). 



Anas caroliuensis. Qreen-winged Teal. 

 See No. 96. 



* Group 2. Wing, from 8 to 10 inches long. 

 Section 1. Belly, white; no flap or lobe on hind toe. 



Head, green, purple, black, andwliite; eliiii and upper tliroat, 



white; feet, yellow iu life (male). 



^1/^- sponsa. Wood Duck. Summer Duck. 



See No. 1(11. 



Head, grayish brown with white 



stripe thriiuji'h the eye; chin and up- 



pei- tliroat, white; toes, dull yellow in 



life (female). 



Aix spoiisa. Wood Duck. 



Summer Duck. 



See \o. 101. 



Aix ypoiisa. 



Head, brown; ehin, not white; a white sti'ipe on sides of the nt'ck ; tail, ])ointed (male). 



Dajila ai:iila. Pintail Duck. 



See No. 100. 



Section 2. Belly, not white ; hind toe, without mem= 



braneous lobe or flap. 



IJill, more than one inch wide near tip; head, green 

 or greenish ; speculum, metallic green ; axilla s, white; 



feet, oranj;-!' red in lil<> (male). 



S'liiituhi diipcatii. Shoveller Duck. Broad-bill. 



Set' No. 99. 



IJill, more than one ineh wide near lip; head, nar- 

 rowly streaked and speckled with brown and dull white; 

 speculum, metallic green; feel, umiujr red in life; axil- 

 lars, white (fenuile). 



hJpatulii i-lijpnUa. Shoveller Duck. Broad-bill. 



See No. 99. 

 S));ilnl;i <-l\|ieata. 



I'tir (111 ^Ttiuiiri tni- iiieasiirumeiit, st-u pa^c It. 



