Ducks 



139. Green-winged Teal fN.-ition ciroUnemh). L, 

 14.5. Wiiig-ccverts gr.iy, tiprfd with buff or white. 

 Ad. c^. A white crescent in front of wing: speculum 

 ■ wing-patch) green bordered by black tipped with 



white 



Jd. 



Wings as in (j; throat and sides of 



neck white, finely spotted with black; breast and sides 

 washfd with rusty, marked with black. Notes. A 

 "oeculiar chirping almost a twittering" as they fly. 

 (Seton.) 



Ranee,— North America; breeds from New Prunswick, Mlmie5ot4, 

 and British Columtia north 10 Greenland and Alaska; winters from 

 Virginia, Kansas, and British Columbia south to Central America and 

 West Indies. 



140. Biuc-wingedTeal [Qusrgu^dula discors) . Wing- 

 coverts blue. Jd. c?. Cheek patch white. Ad. ?, 

 Resembles ? of No. 139, but wing-coverts blue; spec- 

 ulum greenish brown not distinctly tipped with white. 

 L. 16. 



kange.— Norm America; chiefly east of Rockies; breeds frOm NfW 

 Brunswick, Kansas, southern Illinois anJ northern Ohio, north iO 

 Alaska, mainly In Interior; winters fnmi Virginia and Lower Mississ'ppi 

 Valley to northern South America, Olifuinla, and Lower California. 



141. Cinnamon Tea! (2.wg»^ii«/a tj'(ino/.(era). Ad. 

 ,f. Head and neck, breast . nti sides reddish brown. 

 ._^if. $. Re.-sembles ¥ of N';. 140, but the. underparts, 

 imluding throat, are usually suffused with rusty; the 

 tliroat ullcri being blackish or speckled with dusky. 

 Notes, A rather thin, nasal ^MflcA, L. 16. 



Range.— Western North America from Brlilfh Columl^ta s-utn t* 

 Soiith America. e«5t to Rockies aitd south Te«as; rarely in H,.r- 

 Ida. 



142. Slioveller (Spatula elypeata). L. 20. Bill 

 much broader at tip than at base. Ad. (?. Bellychest- 

 nut; breast around to back white, Ad, ?, Wing- 

 coverts blue: back conspicuously margined with buff. 

 Notes. "Occasionally afew feeble quacks." (Elliot.) 



Ranee.— Northern hemisphere: In America chiefly In Interior; breeds 

 locally from Texas, and regularly from Minnesota and British Colum- 

 bia north to AUska and Barren Grounds; winters from British Colum- 

 bia, Illinois, iind Maryland south to northern South America. 



144. Wood Duclt-i^fjc ipoma). L. 18.5. Ad. (?. 



Head crested; green.blue, and purple with white stripes. 

 Ad. 9- A white streak through and behind eye; crfiwD 

 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 

 Illinois, and southern New Jersey, south to southern California Aq4 

 Cubii. 



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