. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin—Cory. 327 throughout the states. The nest is a mass of feathers thickly lined with down, placed on the ground, usually more or less concealed. The eggs are from 7 to 12, pale buff or cream buff in color, and measure about x inches. 47. Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieill.). Cinnamon Teal. Anas cyanoptera Vieill., A. 0. U. Check List, 1895, p. 50. Distr.: Western America from the Rocky mountains and Texas to the Pacific, and from British Columbia south through Middle Amer- ica and South America
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin—Cory. 327 throughout the states. The nest is a mass of feathers thickly lined with down, placed on the ground, usually more or less concealed. The eggs are from 7 to 12, pale buff or cream buff in color, and measure about x inches. 47. Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieill.). Cinnamon Teal. Anas cyanoptera Vieill., A. 0. U. Check List, 1895, p. 50. Distr.: Western America from the Rocky mountains and Texas to the Pacific, and from British Columbia south through Middle Amer- ica and South America to Patagonia and Falkland Islands; casual in the Mississippi Valley and Florida. Adult male: Head, neck, and upper parts, chestmit brown, the crown somewhat darker than the sides of the head; under parts, brownish, showing dusky on the belly; rump, olive brown, feathers becoming lighter on the edges; wing coverts, blue gray; speculum, green, the general coloration of the wing being similar to the Blue-winged Teal, but the coloration of the body is so different that it should never be con- pw^-'-v'^ founded with that species. Adult female: Resembles the female of the Blue- winged Teal, although somewhat larger; the bill is larger, and the under parts usually show at least a trace of the chestnut marking of the male; the throat, more speckled; chin, dusky and often with rufous tinge, otherwise apparently similar to Q. discors. Length, 16; wing, ; bill, ; tarsus, Ridgway says: "It is of irregular and uncertain occurrence, hav- ing been only once or twice taken in ; "An occasional visitant in Manitoba, Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois, and ; (W. W. Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, p. 68.) For Wisconsin Kumlien and Hollister record two specimens taken at Lake Koshkonong and add: "There are several more or less au- thentic records among well-informed sportsmen in different parts of the state and at the Club House on Lake Ko
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