. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. DUCKS, GEESE AND 8AVANS OF NORTH \ 49. () ANAS CYANOPTERA T/W//. Cinnamon Teal. , \(hilt mall': Head, neck, and upper parts, chest= nutjfcrown, tlu' erowu soiiiewliat darkci- tluin the sides or tlie lieail; under parts, lu-ownisli, showing dusky ou tlie l)elly: rump, olive hmwu. leathers becomhig- lighter on tlie edges; wing cdverts. bhie gray, similar to tlie ]!lue-winged Teal; S])ecuhnn, green; tlie general coloration of the wing bei
. How to know the ducks, geese and swans of North America, all the species being grouped according to size and color. Ducks; Geese; Swans; Birds. DUCKS, GEESE AND 8AVANS OF NORTH \ 49. () ANAS CYANOPTERA T/W//. Cinnamon Teal. , \(hilt mall': Head, neck, and upper parts, chest= nutjfcrown, tlu' erowu soiiiewliat darkci- tluin the sides or tlie lieail; under parts, lu-ownisli, showing dusky ou tlie l)elly: rump, olive hmwu. leathers becomhig- lighter on tlie edges; wing cdverts. bhie gray, similar to tlie ]!lue-winged Teal; S])ecuhnn, green; tlie general coloration of the wing being similar to the Blue-winged Teal, hut the coloration of the body is so different that it should never be eoiirounded with that species. Adi'lt friiHilr : IJesembles tile leniale of the lilue- winged Teal, although somewhat larger; the hill is larger, and the under parts usually show at li'ast a trace of the chestnut marking of the male; the throat, more speckled; chin, dusky and often with I'litous tinge, otherwise apparently similar to Anns ilisrnrs. Tjength, 10; wing, ; bill, ; tarsus, ). The Cinnamon Teal ranges from Britisli Coliiml)ia to South America, heing- almndant on the Pacihe coast, Ijut rare east of the liocky Mountains, ahhough it occttrs more or less regularly in ^yinter along the Gulf coast to Florida and in the Mississippi ^'alley (accidental in Illinois). The nest is placed on the ground, and is composed of grass lined with feathers ; tiie eggs are from nine to fourteen, and are pale )>luisli white or cream white in color. The European Teal [Anas crecca) occurs occasionally in Xorth America. It resembles our Green-winged Teal ; but the males may be distinguished by the white bar in front of the wing, which is noticeable in the American bird, but absent in the European. The females are very similar, and I am unaiile to find any tangible characters by which they may be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned pa
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