BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 
140. Querquedula discors. 15 inches. 
Male has the head a dark gray with white crescent in front 
of the eye; under parts chestnut heavily spotted with black; 
wing coverts bright blue. Female similar to female Green¬ 
wing, but has the blue wing coverts. In flight can be easily 
separated from the Green-wing by its darker underparts. 
Their flight is very rapid, and usually in compact lines. 
This is more common east of the Rockies than the other. 
Nest.- —Made of grass and nicely lined with feathers placed 
in the reeds bordering marshes. 8 to 12 creamy colored eggs 
are laid. 
Range. —North America, breeding more abundantly than the 
former farther north in its range. 
CINNAMON TEAL. 
141. Querquedula cyanoptera. 16 inches. 
This is the most abundant of the Teal family west of the 
Rockies. It is on the male a bright cinnamon color on the 
underparts; also the head and neck, being darkest near the 
bill and lightest on the back. Wing coverts blue; speculum 
green, divided by a line of white. 
Nest.- —Made same as above with 6 to 14 eggs (1.85x 1.35). 
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