North American Birds Eggs. 



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141. Cinnamon Teal. Querqucdula cyanopiera. 



Rcicky Mountains. 

 :iy the uniform rich 



Range.— Western United States, chieHy west of tlie 

 Casually east to Texas, Illinois anti British Columljia. 



The Cinnamon Teal is another small Duck, marked 1 

 chestnut plumage and light blue wing coverts. The speculum is green. The 

 nesting habits are the same as those of the other Teals, the nests being placed on 

 the grounil in marshes or fields near water. Their nests are closely woven of 

 grass and weeds and lined with down and feathers from the breast of the bird. 

 The eggs are pale bul^ and number from six to fourteen. Size 1.85 x 1.85. 



[14 1. 1.] Ruddy Sheldrake. Casarca rn.iarca. 

 This is an Old World species that has accidently occurred in Greenland. 



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142. Shoveller. Spatulri rlypcatn. 



Range.— Whole of North America, 

 breeding in the interior from Texas 

 northward. 



:!rThis strikingly marked Duck is 

 twenty inches in length, has a green 

 head and speculum, blue wing coverts 

 and chestnut belly. The bill is long 

 and broad at the tip. It makes its nest 

 on the ground in marshy places, of grass, 

 weeds and feathers. Six to ten eggs 

 constitute a complete set. They are 

 greenish or leaden gray color. Size 

 2.10 X 1.50. Data. — Graham's Is., N. 

 Dakota, May L'8, 1899. Nest of dead 

 weed stems and grass, lined with down. 

 Ten eggs. Collector, E. S. Bryant. 



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143. Pintail. Ddiila acuttt. 



Range.— Northern Hemisphere, breeding in North America from northern 



United States northward, wintering 



south to Panama. This species, which 



is also known as the Sprig-tail is very 



common in the United States in the 



spring and fall migrations. It is about 



thirty inches long, its length depend- 



'. ing upon the development of the tail 



j: feathers, the central ones of which are 



' long and pointed. They breed casuallj' 



in manj' sections of the United States, 



but in abundance from Manitoba to 



the Arctic Ocean. Thej' nest near the 



water, laying from six to twelve eggs 



of dull olive color. Size 2.20 x 1.51). 



[Dull (.live Kray.l Data.— Graham's Is., Devil's Lake, N. 



Dakota, June 15, 1900. Ten eggs. Nest on the ground, of weeds, lined with 



down. Colony breeding. Collector, E. S. Bryant. 



