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LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS — ANSERES. 
nearly the whole throat being streaked, the breast deeply tinged with light brown, and the 
abdomen almost always distinctly spotted. 
The Red-breasted Teal, so characteristic of California, is almost exclusively a 
western species, and is found along the Pacific coast from Puget Sound to Chili, and 
even, at certain seasons, to the Falkland Islands. It occurs eastward to the Rocky 
Mountains, and stragglers have been taken in Louisiana, in Florida, and — as I am 
assured by friends who have met with it there — in the inlets of North Carolina. 
Colonel Grayson met with it at Mazatlan, where it was rather common, but where 
it occurred only during the winter and spring months, and never in large numbers. 
Female ( nat. size ). 
Mr. J. A. Allen mentions finding it in great abundance in the valley of Great Salt 
Lake. Captain Abbott speaks of meeting with it at Mare Harbor, in East Falkland, 
where he obtained seven examples in one day. It was generally very wild, and far 
from common. Although he was unable to find its nest, he had no doubt that it was 
breeding on the island, he having noticed it in pairs during the summer months. 
Mr. H. Durnford mentions it as resident, but rare, in Central Patagonia, where he 
met with it at the mouth of the Sengel. 
According to Dr. Cooper, this western analogue of the Blue-winged Teal of the east 
is common in winter throughout the lower portion of California, assembling in con- 
siderable flocks, though everywhere less abundant than the Green-winged species. It 
associates with that and other species on all the fresh waters, and has similar habits 
in respect to its manner of flight and mode of feeding. It is also easily shot, and 
very good for the table. In summer it is found in nearly all parts of the State, and 
also migrates north through the open country east of the Cascade Mountains to the 
Upper Columbia, it having been obtained by Dr. Suckley at Fort Dalles in May. Dr. 
Cooper has also shot it in October near the Spokane River in Washington Territory. 
Dr. Heermann was of the opinion that this species leaves the central portions of 
California in winter ; but examples were found there at that season by Dr. Kennerly, 
and Dr. Cooper also saw it in small numbers near the Colorado, in latitude 35°. 
