. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. L. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 301 on wing, and a white crescent on the side of body in front of the wing. Female is principally buff and dark browns, blotched on the body and speckled on the head and neck. The wing mark- ings are about the same as those of the male. Length, 14; wing, 7 (6^-7^) ; tail, 3; tarsus, IJ; culnrien, 1|. North America ; breeding chiefly north of the United States, and wintering from Virginia to Kansas and soutli to Central America. The
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush. Birds. FAM. L. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS 301 on wing, and a white crescent on the side of body in front of the wing. Female is principally buff and dark browns, blotched on the body and speckled on the head and neck. The wing mark- ings are about the same as those of the male. Length, 14; wing, 7 (6^-7^) ; tail, 3; tarsus, IJ; culnrien, 1|. North America ; breeding chiefly north of the United States, and wintering from Virginia to Kansas and soutli to Central America. The European Teal (138. A7ias crecca) is so nearly like the last tliat the female cannot be distinguished, but tlie male lacks the white crescent in front of the wing. Old World, occasionally found in eastern North America. 36. Blue-winged Teal (140. Anas discors). — A small, com- mon, black-headed, spotted, brown-bodied duck, with a bright patch of light blue on the wing coverts and a white crescent on the side of the head in front of the eye. The speculum is dark green. The female (also the male in summer) has the wings nearly as above given, but the head is very different, being blackish and buffy spotted or dotted, and the throat is about white. These birds fly in small dense flocks. Length, 15J; wing, 7i(7-7|) ; tail, 3J; tarsus, IJ; culmen, 1|- If. North America, more abun- Blue-winged Teal dant eastward ; breeding from Kansas and Illinois northward, and wintering from Virginia south to northern South America. 37. Cinnamon Teal (141. Anas cyandptera). — A duck simi- lar to the last, but the male has a richer and more glossy chestnut color below. The female (also the male in summer) has the plumage darker and only a small portion of the upper throat unstreaked. The belly is usually heavily spotted and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations
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