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  NORTH 
  AMERICAN 
  DUCKS, 
  GEESE, 
  AND 
  SWANS. 
  

  

  (earliest, 
  August 
  18, 
  1889); 
  they 
  became 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  average 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  23, 
  though 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1887 
  the}^ 
  were 
  already 
  numerous 
  

   September 
  10. 
  The 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  arrival 
  in 
  central 
  Kansas 
  is 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  12, 
  and 
  in 
  southern 
  Mississippi, 
  September 
  16. 
  

  

  The 
  average 
  date 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  last 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  Montreal 
  was 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  25; 
  latest, 
  September 
  29, 
  1888; 
  the 
  last 
  one 
  seen 
  on 
  Prince 
  

   Edward 
  Island 
  in 
  this 
  same 
  year 
  was 
  October 
  8; 
  Lewiston, 
  Me., 
  

   November 
  7, 
  1901; 
  Cape 
  May, 
  N. 
  J., 
  December 
  5, 
  1884. 
  

  

  The 
  average 
  date 
  for 
  eight 
  years 
  when 
  the 
  last 
  one 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  

   Ottawa, 
  Ontario, 
  is 
  October 
  13 
  (latest, 
  October 
  27, 
  1894); 
  Chicago, 
  111., 
  

   October 
  18 
  (latest, 
  October 
  22, 
  1904); 
  southern 
  Iowa, 
  October 
  22 
  (latest, 
  

   November 
  4, 
  1885); 
  central 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  October 
  7; 
  eastern 
  Nebraska, 
  

   November 
  11; 
  central 
  Missouri, 
  November 
  6 
  (latest, 
  November 
  13, 
  1902). 
  

   The 
  last 
  one 
  seen 
  in 
  1896 
  at 
  Aweme, 
  Manitoba, 
  was 
  on 
  October 
  30. 
  

   During 
  the 
  fall 
  migration 
  the 
  blue-winged 
  teal 
  is 
  fairly 
  common 
  on 
  

   the 
  Bermudas, 
  but 
  it 
  rarely 
  occurs 
  there 
  in 
  spring. 
  

  

  Querquedula 
  cyanoptera 
  ( 
  Vieill. 
  ) 
  . 
  Cinnamon 
  Teal. 
  

  

  Breeding 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  breeding 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  cinnamon 
  teal 
  differs 
  

   essentially 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  almost 
  every 
  other 
  duck 
  in 
  the 
  Western 
  Hemi- 
  

   sphere. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  area 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  equator 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  

   district 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  equator, 
  and 
  these 
  two 
  homes 
  are 
  separated 
  b}^ 
  a 
  

   strip 
  about 
  2,000 
  miles 
  wide, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  practically 
  unknown. 
  

   In 
  North 
  America 
  the 
  breeding 
  range 
  extends 
  north 
  to 
  southe 
  n 
  

   British 
  Columbia 
  (Lac 
  la 
  Hache) 
  and 
  southwestern 
  Alberta; 
  east 
  to 
  

   eastern 
  Wyoming 
  (Lake 
  Como, 
  Cheyenne), 
  western 
  Kansas 
  (Fort 
  

   Wallace, 
  Meade 
  County); 
  south 
  to 
  northern 
  Lower 
  California 
  (La 
  

   Grulla, 
  San 
  Rafael 
  Valley, 
  and 
  possibly 
  San 
  Jose 
  del 
  Cabo), 
  northern 
  

   Mexico 
  (Chihuahua 
  City), 
  southern 
  New 
  Mexico 
  (Carlsbad), 
  and 
  south- 
  

   western 
  Texas 
  (Marathon, 
  Rock 
  Spring). 
  

  

  The 
  cinnamon 
  teal 
  occurs 
  sparingly 
  in 
  migration 
  as 
  far 
  east 
  as 
  Hous- 
  

   ton, 
  Tex., 
  and 
  Omaha, 
  Nebr. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  as 
  accidental 
  at 
  Oak 
  

   Lake, 
  Manitoba; 
  Big 
  Stone 
  Lake, 
  Minnesota; 
  Lake 
  Koshkonong, 
  

   Wisconsin; 
  Licking 
  County 
  Reservoir, 
  Ohio; 
  Seneca 
  River 
  and 
  Seneca 
  

   Lake, 
  New 
  York; 
  Lake 
  Pontchartrain, 
  Lake 
  Cattawatchie, 
  St. 
  Malo, 
  

   and 
  Opelousas, 
  Louisiana; 
  Mount 
  Pleasant, 
  S. 
  C. 
  ; 
  Lake 
  Iamonia 
  and 
  

   Key 
  West, 
  Florida. 
  

  

  Throughout 
  this 
  breeding 
  area 
  the 
  eggs 
  are 
  deposited 
  during 
  May 
  

   and 
  June. 
  About 
  six 
  months 
  later 
  the 
  South 
  American 
  colony- 
  breeds. 
  

   The 
  breeding 
  range 
  includes 
  the 
  pampas 
  of 
  Argentina 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  

   Buenos 
  Aires, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  Andes 
  it 
  extends 
  north 
  to 
  central 
  Peru 
  

   (Santa 
  Luzia). 
  Southward 
  the 
  species 
  breeds 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  Falkland 
  

   Islands 
  and 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Magellan. 
  These 
  South 
  American 
  breeders, 
  

   of 
  course, 
  are 
  not 
  the 
  same 
  birds 
  which 
  nest 
  in 
  North 
  America, 
  for 
  

   it 
  is 
  true, 
  without 
  exception, 
  that 
  no 
  bird 
  which 
  breeds 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  

   equator 
  breeds 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Southern 
  Hemisphere. 
  

  

  