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RIVER AND POND DUCKS 
Range. — W. Hemisphere. Breeds from cen. B. C., Great Slave Lake, 
cen. Ungava, and N. F. s. to cen. Ore., n. Nev., n. N. M., cen. Mo., s. 
Ind., n. Ohio., w. N. Y. (occasionally R. I.), and Maine; winters from s. 
B. C., Ariz., s. Ills., Md., and Del. s. to the West Indies and S. A. as far as 
Brazil and Chile; accidental in Bermuda and Europe. 
Washington, common W. V., Aug. 18-June 2. Long Island uncommon 
T. V., Mch. 24-Apl. 21; Aug. 28-Oct. 25. Ossining, common T. V. in fall, 
Sept. 24-Oct. 17. Cambridge, rare in spring; very common (at least formerly) 
Aug.-Oct. N. Ohio, not common T. Y. Apl. 20-May 4. Glen Ellyn, not 
common S. R., Apl. 2-Oct. 8. SE. Minn., common S. R., Mch. 29. 
Nest, on ground, well concealed in grass, near water. Eggs, 6-12, buffy 
white or creamy buff, 1*85 x 1*30. Date, SE. Minn., May 10. 
The Blue- winged Teal is one of the swiftest of our Ducks. The 
white face-mark of the male can be discerned at some distance, and, in 
connection with the bird’s small size, is a good field-mark. “The Blue- 
Wing’s note is a whistling ‘peep’ repeated five or six times, but is seldom 
heard. The duck quacks less plainly and in a hoarser voice than the 
Green- wing’ ’ (Eaton) . 
The Cinnamon Teal (14L Querquedula cyanoptera), a species of western 
North America, sometimes occurs east of the Mississippi. It has been 
recorded from Illinois and Florida. The male has the underparts deep 
cinnamon; the female closely resembles the same sex of our Q. discors. 
The Ruddy Sheldrake (14-1 -1 Casarca ferruginea), an Old World species, 
is of casual occurrence in Greenland. (See Allen, Auk, 1896, 243.) 
142. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shoveller. Ad. <?. — Head and 
neck fuscous, glossed with bluish green; back and a broken line down back 
of lower neck fuscous; rest of lower neck and breast white; lower breast and 
belly rufous-chestnut; upper and under tail-coverts dark greenish; lesser 
wing-coverts grayish blue, greater ones brownish gray tipped with white; 
speculum green. Ad. 9 . — Throat buffy white; head and neck streaked with 
buffy and black; rest of underparts more or less washed with buffy ochra- 
ceous, everywhere indistinctly spotted with fuscous except on middle of 
belly; back fuscous, the feathers with margins and internal crescents, of 
whitish and buffy; wing-coverts and speculum much as in &. Im . — The im. 
c? is intermediate between the ad. and 9 ; the im. 9 resemble the ad. 9 , 
but the wing-coverts are slaty gray, the speculum with little or no green. 
L ., 20*00; W., 9*50; B., 2*50; greatest width of B., 1*20. 
Range. — N. Hemisphere. In N. A. breeds from nw. Alaska, nw. 
Mackenzie, and s. Keewatin s. to s. Calif., cen. N. M., n. Tex., n. Mo., 
and n. Ind.; winters from s. B. C., Ariz., N. M., s. Mo., s. Ills., Md., and 
Del. s. to the W. Indies, Colombia and Hawaii; in migration occasional in 
Bermuda, and n. to N. S., and N. F. 
Washington, not uncommon W. V. Long Island, rare T. V., Oct. 25- 
No v. 29. Ossining, A. Y. Oct. Cambridge, one record. N. Ohio, not common 
T. Y., Mch. 12-Apl. 6; Sept. 20-Nov. 1. Glen Ellyn, not common T. Y., 
fall records only, Oct. 11-Nov. 8. SE. Minn., common T. Y., uncommon 
S. R., Mch. 30. 
Nest, on the ground, well concealed in grass, sometimes near to, some- 
times far from water. Eggs, 6-11, pale olive-buff or pale greenish gray 
similar to a Mallard’s or Pintail’s but smaller, 2*03 x 1*42 (Bent). Date , 
Heron Lake, Minn., May 9. 
The Shoveller, like most of the members of this subfamily, is more 
common in the Mississippi Yalley than on the coast. It is generally a 
silent bird, but its note in the breeding season is said to be took , took . It 
feeds largely by tipping in shallow water. 
