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on wing, and a white crescent on the side of body in front of the 

 wing. Female is principally buff and dark browns, blotched on 

 the body and speckled on the head and neck. The wing mark- 

 ings are about the same as those of the male. 



Length, 14; wing, 7 (6^-7^) ; tail, 3; tarsus, IJ; culnrien, 1|. North 

 America ; breeding chiefly north of the United States, and wintering from 

 Virginia to Kansas and soutli to Central America. The European Teal 

 (138. A7ias crecca) is so nearly like the last tliat the female cannot be 

 distinguished, but tlie male lacks the white crescent in front of the wing. 

 Old World, occasionally found in eastern North America. 



36. Blue-winged Teal (140. Anas discors). — A small, com- 

 mon, black-headed, spotted, brown-bodied duck, with a bright 

 patch of light blue on the 

 wing coverts and a white 

 crescent on the side of the 

 head in front of the eye. 

 The speculum is dark green. 

 The female (also the male 

 in summer) has the wings 

 nearly as above given, but 

 the head is very different, 

 being blackish and buffy 

 spotted or dotted, and the 

 throat is about white. These 

 birds fly in small dense 

 flocks. 



Length, 15J ; wing, 7i(7-7|) ; 

 tail, 3J; tarsus, IJ; culmen, 1|- 

 If. North America, more abun- Blue-winged Teal 



dant eastward ; breeding from 



Kansas and Illinois northward, and wintering from Virginia south to 

 northern South America. 



37. Cinnamon Teal (141. Anas cyandptera). — A duck simi- 

 lar to the last, but the male has a richer and more glossy 

 chestnut color below. The female (also the male in summer) 

 has the plumage darker and only a small portion of the upper 

 throat unstreaked. The belly is usually heavily spotted and 



