﻿CINNAMON 
  TEAL. 
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  Winter 
  range. 
  — 
  The 
  cinnamon 
  teal 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  retires 
  in 
  

   winter 
  but 
  little 
  south 
  of 
  its 
  breeding- 
  range 
  in 
  Mexico 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  Mazat- 
  

   lan, 
  Guanajuato, 
  and 
  the 
  Laguna 
  de 
  Chapulco, 
  Puebla. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  at 
  

   this 
  season 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Brownsville, 
  Tex., 
  central 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  

   southern 
  Arizona, 
  and 
  Tulare 
  Lake, 
  California. 
  South 
  of 
  Mexico 
  the 
  

   only 
  record 
  is 
  of 
  an 
  accidental 
  occurrence 
  in 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  

   reliable 
  record 
  as 
  yet 
  for 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  winter 
  season 
  the 
  cinnamon 
  teal 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  Hemi- 
  

   sphere 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Senger 
  River, 
  

   in 
  Patagonia, 
  latitude 
  44° 
  S., 
  and 
  Chiloe 
  Island, 
  Chile, 
  in 
  nearly 
  the 
  

   same 
  latitude. 
  The 
  northern 
  range 
  in 
  winter 
  is 
  not 
  determinable 
  with 
  

   exactness 
  from 
  present 
  data. 
  The 
  species 
  passes 
  north 
  to 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  

   do 
  Sul, 
  Brazil, 
  and 
  to 
  southern 
  Paraguay. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  noted 
  at 
  

   Chorillos 
  and 
  Tungasuca, 
  Peru; 
  near 
  Quito, 
  Ecuador; 
  at 
  Bogota 
  and 
  

   Santa 
  Marta, 
  Colombia. 
  These 
  Ecuador 
  and 
  Colombia 
  teal 
  may 
  be 
  

   accidental 
  occurrences; 
  it 
  is 
  significant, 
  at 
  least, 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  Colombia 
  were 
  taken 
  a 
  half 
  a 
  centuiy 
  ago, 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  noted 
  there 
  by 
  recent 
  collectors. 
  

  

  Spring 
  migration. 
  — 
  The 
  northward 
  movement 
  of 
  the 
  cinnamon 
  teal 
  

   in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  begins 
  about 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  March, 
  and 
  arrivals 
  have 
  

   been 
  noted 
  at 
  Ash 
  Meadows, 
  Nevada, 
  March 
  18, 
  1891; 
  Grangeville, 
  

   Idaho, 
  April 
  11, 
  1887; 
  Chilliwack, 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  April 
  21, 
  1888, 
  

   and 
  April 
  22, 
  1889; 
  Beloit, 
  Colo., 
  March 
  23, 
  1892; 
  Colorado 
  Springs, 
  

   April 
  9, 
  1882; 
  Loveland, 
  Colo., 
  April 
  13, 
  1890; 
  Lay, 
  Colo., 
  April 
  20, 
  

   1890; 
  Omaha, 
  Nebr., 
  April 
  10, 
  1896, 
  and 
  April 
  12, 
  1897; 
  Lake 
  Como, 
  

   Wyoming, 
  about 
  May 
  5. 
  

  

  Fall 
  migration. 
  — 
  Southward 
  migration 
  occurs 
  chiefly 
  in 
  September, 
  

   and 
  the 
  northern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  breeding 
  grounds 
  from 
  British 
  Co- 
  

   lumbia 
  to 
  eastern 
  Colorado 
  is 
  deserted 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  October. 
  

  

  Migration 
  in 
  South 
  America. 
  — 
  The 
  cinnamon 
  teal 
  of 
  South 
  Amer- 
  

   ica 
  is 
  migratory 
  in 
  at 
  least 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  range, 
  for 
  in 
  central 
  Argentina 
  

   it 
  is 
  abundant 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  season, 
  April 
  to 
  September, 
  and 
  rare 
  

   or 
  lacking 
  during 
  the 
  breeding 
  period. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  migratoiy 
  also 
  

   in 
  the 
  southern 
  portion 
  of 
  its 
  range 
  in 
  Chile. 
  In 
  northern 
  Chile 
  and 
  

   in 
  Peru 
  migration 
  records 
  are 
  wanting. 
  The 
  time 
  and 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  

   migration 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  South 
  America 
  correspond 
  closely 
  with 
  

   those 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  but 
  of 
  course 
  the 
  breeding 
  and 
  wintering- 
  

   seasons 
  are 
  reversed, 
  since 
  they 
  are 
  on 
  opposite 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  equator. 
  

  

  Thus 
  the 
  cinnamon 
  teal 
  is 
  distributed 
  in 
  two 
  distinct 
  colonies, 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  individuals 
  breeding 
  far 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  equator, 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  

   about 
  an 
  equal 
  distance 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  northern 
  breeders 
  migrate 
  

   south 
  after 
  nesting, 
  and 
  the 
  southern 
  breeders 
  migrate 
  north. 
  Whether 
  

   or 
  not 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  groups 
  now 
  represent 
  subspecies, 
  they 
  

   are 
  so 
  much 
  alike 
  as 
  to 
  indicate 
  a 
  common 
  origin 
  and 
  a 
  former 
  con- 
  

   tinuous 
  breeding 
  range. 
  Whether 
  isolation 
  was 
  gradual 
  or 
  was 
  effected 
  

   rapidly 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  say, 
  nor 
  do 
  we 
  know 
  the 
  cause. 
  

  

  