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ANAS CYANOPTERA T/W//. 

 Cinnamon Teal. 



, \(hilt mall' : Head, neck, and upper parts, chest= 



nutjfcrown, tlu' erowu soiiiewliat darkci- tluin the 

 sides or tlie lieail; under parts, lu-ownisli, showing 

 dusky ou tlie l)elly: rump, olive hmwu. leathers 

 becomhig- lighter on tlie edges; wing cdverts. bhie 

 gray, similar to tlie ]!lue-winged Teal; S])ecuhnn, 

 green ; tlie general coloration of the wing being 

 similar to the Blue-winged Teal, hut the coloration 

 of the body is so different that it should never be 

 eoiirounded with that species. 



Adi'lt friiHilr : IJesembles tile leniale of the lilue- 

 winged Teal, although somewhat larger; the hill is 

 larger, and the under parts usually show at li'ast a 

 trace of the chestnut marking of the male; the 

 throat, more speckled; chin, dusky and often with 

 I'litous tinge, otherwise apparently similar to Anns ilisrnrs. 

 Tjength, 10; wing, 7.50; bill, 1.7.5; tarsus, l.l-ff). 



The Cinnamon Teal ranges from Britisli Coliiml)ia to South America, heing- 

 almndant on the Pacihe coast, Ijut rare east of the liocky Mountains, ahhough 

 it occttrs more or less regularly in ^yinter along the Gulf coast to Florida and 

 in the Mississippi ^'alley (accidental in Illinois). The nest is placed on the 

 ground, and is composed of grass lined with feathers ; tiie eggs are from nine 

 to fourteen, and are pale )>luisli white or cream white in color. 



The European Teal [Anas crecca) occurs occasionally in Xorth America. 

 It resembles our Green-winged Teal ; but the males may be distinguished by 

 the white bar in front of the wing, which is noticeable in the American bird, 

 but absent in the European. The females are very similar, and I am unaiile 

 to find any tangible characters by which they may be distinguished. 



