. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 126 BIRDS OF AMERICA normal range now appears to be much further to the west and south, for reasons which are not apparent. It is now essentially a bird of the West. A flock of Cinnamon Teals in the water are likely to present an enlivening spectacle, as the males often engage in some sort of play not im- like the bov's game of leap-frog. " The Cinnamon Teal nests very commonly in the lake region of southern Oregon. I have seen it nesting all through this section from Kla- math Lake to Malheur Lake. In some places in southern Oregon it is more
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 126 BIRDS OF AMERICA normal range now appears to be much further to the west and south, for reasons which are not apparent. It is now essentially a bird of the West. A flock of Cinnamon Teals in the water are likely to present an enlivening spectacle, as the males often engage in some sort of play not im- like the bov's game of leap-frog. " The Cinnamon Teal nests very commonly in the lake region of southern Oregon. I have seen it nesting all through this section from Kla- math Lake to Malheur Lake. In some places in southern Oregon it is more abundant than the Mallard or the Pintail. I think sportsmen often mistake the female for the Blue-winged Teal, because of the blue ; (W. L. Finlcv, MS.) SHOVELLER Spatula clypeata (Linnccus) A. () L', Xumber 142 See I'olor Plate 14 Other Names.— Spoonbill; Spoonbill Duck; Spoon- bill Teal; Broady ; Blue-winged Shoveller ; Red-breasted Shoveller; Shovel-bill; Swaddle-bill; Butter Duck; Cow-trog. General Description.— Length. 17 to 21 inches. Males have the colors green, white, blue, black, grayish- brown, and red in patches, while the females are pale brownish-yellow with spots and streaks of dusky. Both sexes have the bill long and clumsy and broadened at the tip. Color.— Adult M.'VLe; Head and neck, dark glossy green ; lower neck and forc-brcasi, pure white, ing almost around body; a narrow line from green of head down back of neck and back, dark grayish-brown shading into black on rump and upper tail-coverts; shoulders, broadly white; icing-covcrts and some outer feathers of shoulders, dull cobalt: speculum, rich green set between white tips of greater coverts and black and white tips of secondaries ; the long inner secondaries, greenish-black with white stripe; lozvcr breast, abdoinen. and sides, purplish-chestnut, lightening behind, followed by a white space; center tail-feathers, dusky; outer ones, white; under tail-coverts, black; bill, p
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