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Suscenus QUERQUEDULA SvEPHENs. 
ANAS DISCORS Zinn. 
Blue-winged Teal. 
Adult male: Head gray with purplish gloss, darkest on 
top; a white patch resembling a crescent in front of the 
} eye; wing coverts and some of the scapulars pale grayish 
j blue forming a grayish blue patch on the wing ; speculum 
rich green; under parts purplish gray spotted on the breast 
with black ; the flanks are narrowly barred with black. The 
bill is black, the feet yellow. 
Adult female: Showing a blue patch on wing, which 
distinguishes it from other Teals, except the female of Jzas 
cyanoptera, but the color of the head will always distinguish 
it from that species. ; 
Length, 16; Wing, 7.25; Tarsus, 1.25; Bill, 1.60. 
(Male.) 
Ranges throughout Eastern North America 
breeding chiefly north of the United States. 
In winter it is common in Florida and its 
range extends to the West Indies and North- 
ern South America. The eggs are pale buff 
usually from eight to twelve in number. The 
male whistles and the female ‘* quacks.” 
emale. 
ss ANAS CYANOPTERA J/vezi7. 
Cinnamon Teal. 
1dult male: Head, neck, and upper parts chest= 
nut brown, the crown somewhat darker than the sides 
of the head; under parts brownish showing dusky on 
the belly ; rump olive brown, feathers becoming lighter 
on the edges; wing coverts blue gray, similar to the 
Blue-winged Teal ; speculum green; the general colora- 
tion of the wing being similar to the Blue-winged Teal, 
but the coloration of the body is so different that it 
should never be confounded with that species. 
Adult female: Resembles the female of the Blue- 
winged Teal although larger; the under parts show 
(Male.) 
