QUERQUEDULA CYANOPTERA, CINNAMON TEAL. 



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Luutenaiit Wan-en'a Expedition. — 5464, Vermilion Eiver ; 5465, loua River. 

 Not obtained by the later Expeditions. 



This Teal is very abundant in the Missouri region during the migra- 

 tions, and doubtless also breeds there, as it does iu various parts of the 

 United States, as well as farther north. It is the species most fre- 

 quently noticed by extralimital writers, as opcurriug in troi)ical Amer- 

 ica, though it also winters in the Southern States. It is one of the few 

 Ducks apparently not equally abundant on both sides of the continent, 

 and, in fact, its presence on the Pacific coast, south of Alaska, is still 

 questionable. Br. Newberry can hardly be right in stating that it is 

 common throughout California and Oregon, having probably confounded 

 it with the next species. 



The eggs are of the same size and shape as those of the Green-winged 

 Teal, but rather lighter colored. A nest, believed to be of this species, 

 containing eight eggs -with advanced embryos was found on the Milk 

 Eiver early in July ; it was built on dry prairie many yards from the 

 nearest water, of dried grasses and weeds, carefully finished with the 

 parents' down. 



QUEEQUEDULA CYANOPTEEA, (Vieill.) Cassin. 

 Cinnamon Teal; Retl-breasted Teal. 



Avas cyaiwptera, Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'H. N. v, 1816, 104.— Schl., M. P.-B. viii. 1665, 51. 



Qutrqueitida cyanopiera, Cass., U. S. N. Astr. Exp. ii, 1855, 202; III. 18.=;5, 82, pi. 15 

 (Utah, California, Louisiana, Chili).— SCL., P. Z. S. 1855, 104; 1859, 237.— 

 Bd., B. N. a. 1858, p. 780 (Rocky Mountains to Pacific) ; Mex. B. Snrv. ii, pt. 

 ii, 1859, Birds, p. 26 (Texas).— Kenx., P. R. R. Rep. x, 1859, Whipple's Route, 

 Birds, p. 35 (Arizona and California).— Heeum., ibid. Williamson's Route, 

 Birds, p. 69 (New Mexico and California).— Coop. & Suck., ihid. sii, 1860, p. 

 255 (Oregon).— Abbott, Ibis, 1861, 161.— Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 62 

 (Arizona).— SCL., P. Z. S. 1860, 389 (Falklauds) ; 1867, 335 (Chili).— ScL. & 

 Salv., ihid. 1869, 160 (Buenos Avres).— SCL. & Salv., Ibis, 1869, 189.— BuiiJi., 

 Reise, 577 (La Plata).— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Ter. 1870, 466 (Wvominff).— 

 MBnH., iiid. 1872, 703 (Idaho, breeding).— Aikeu, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv, 1872", 210 

 (Colorado).— Allek, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 183 (Utah).— CouES, Key, 1872, 288. 



Anas rafflesii, King, Zool. Jnurn. iv, 1828, p. 87 ; Suppl. pi. 29 (Magellan Straits).— 

 Cass., Journ. A. N. S. Phila. iv, 1848, p. 195 (Louisiana). 



Cywnoptera rafflesi, Eyt., Mon. Anat. 1838. 



Picrocyanea rafflesii, Bd., Stausbnry's Rep. 1852, p. 322 (Great Salt Lake). 



Pte-oc^aiiea eoiraZcata, ("Light").- Gkay, Gen. Birds, iii, 1849, p. 617. — Lawe., Ann. 

 Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. v, 1852, p. 220.— Woodii., Sitgr. Rei). 1853, p. 103 (Texas, 

 New Mexico, California).— Bp., C. R. 1856, 650.-Newb., P. R. R. Rep. vi, 1857, 

 p. 103 (Southern California).- Phil., Cat. 1869, 42 (Chili). 



Querquediila cwruleaia, Bkidges, P. Z. S. 1842, 118.— Gray, Cat. B. Br, Mus. i, 1844, 13i^.— 

 Gay, Fn. ChiJeu. i, 1847, 452.— Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, 96. 

 Sab. — South America, westerly. In North America, from the Rocky Mountains to 



the Pacific, north to the Columbia. Louibiana. Florida :'?? {Maynard). 



List of specimens. 



Not obtained by Lieutenant Warren's Expedition. 



Later Expeditions. ~6()8:i8-il, Sweet Water and Platte Rivers; 61648-9, Ut.ah. 



It has not often occurred that an abundant bird of North America 



