Ducks, 
% 139. Green-winged Teal (Nettion carolinensis). L. 
14.5. Wing-ceverts gray, tipped with buff or white. 
Ad. &. A white crescent in front of wing; speculum 
\wing-patch) green bordered by black tipped with 
white. Ad. 2. Wings as in '; throat and sides of 
neck white, finely spotted with black; breast and sides 
washed with rusty, marked with black. Notes. A 
“peculiar chirping almost a twittering’? as they fly. 
(Seton.).: 
Range.—North America; breeds from New Brunswick, Minnesota, 
and British Columbia north to Greenland and Alaska; winters from 
Virginia, Kansas, and British Columbia south to Central America and 
West Indies. 
Y 140. Blue-winged Teal (Cie discors). Wing- 
coverts blue. 4d. g’. Cheek patch white. Ad. 9. 
Resembles ¢ of No. 139, but wing-coverts blue; spec- 
ulum greenish brown not distinctly tipped with white. 
LL. 16: 
Range.—North America; chiefly east of Rockies; breeds from New 
Brunswick, Kansas, southern Illinois and northern Ohio, north to 
Alaska, mainly in interior: winters from Virginia and Lower Mississippi 
Valley to northern South America, California, and Lower California. 
141. Cinnamon Teal (Querquedula cyanoptera). Ad. 
6’. Head and neck, breast snd sides reddish brown. 
Ad. @. Resembles @ of No. 140, but the underparts, 
including throat, are usually suffused with rusty; the 
throat often being blackish or speckled with dusky. 
Notes. A rather thin, nasal quack. L. 16. 
Ran Western North America from British Columbia south to 
South America, east to Rockies and southern Texas; rarely to Flor- 
ida. 
M142. Shoveller (Spatula clypeata). L. 20. Bill 
much broader at tip thanatbase. Ad. . Belly chest- 
nut; breast around to back white. Ad. 9. Wing- 
coverts blue; back conspicuously margined with buff. 
Notes. ‘‘Occasionally afew feeble quacks.’’ Elliot.) 
Range.—Northern hemisphere; In America chiefly in interior; breeds 
locally from Texas, and regularly from Minnesota and British Colum- 
bia north to Alaska and Barren Grounds; winters from British Colum- 
bia, Illinois, and Maryland south to northern South America. 
144. Wood Duck (4ix sponsa). L. 18.5. Ad. Q. 
Head crested; green,blue, and purple with rate Se 
Ad. 9. A white streak through and behind eye; crown 
glossy purplish brown; back olive-brown glossed with 
greenish. Notes. A frightened, plaintive, oo-eek. 
Range.—North America; breeds locally from Florida to Labrador 
and British Columbia, winters from British Columbia, southern 
Mines, and southern New Jersey, south to southern California and 
uba. 
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