. The game birds of California . cubated W, P. Taylor, MS, inMus. Vert. Zool. Mus. Vert. C. Bryant, 1914e,p. 230 Brood of 5 or 6 downy H. C. Bryant, 1914e,young p. 231 11 eggs, incubation com- IngersoU 11 eggs, incubation com- Carriger Nesting completed; many Goldman, 19086, p. 202broods; some nearlyfiill grown 8 eggs 9 eggs, female sitting Lake Valley, near Lake TahoeChowchilla, Merced , Merced Luis Rey, [San Diego ]Eagle Lake, Lassen Co. Rowlands Marsh, Lake TahoePalo Verde, Imperial Co. June 19, 1902 4 eggs (set incomplete?) Ray, 1903,
. The game birds of California . cubated W, P. Taylor, MS, inMus. Vert. Zool. Mus. Vert. C. Bryant, 1914e,p. 230 Brood of 5 or 6 downy H. C. Bryant, 1914e,young p. 231 11 eggs, incubation com- IngersoU 11 eggs, incubation com- Carriger Nesting completed; many Goldman, 19086, p. 202broods; some nearlyfiill grown 8 eggs 9 eggs, female sitting Lake Valley, near Lake TahoeChowchilla, Merced , Merced Luis Rey, [San Diego ]Eagle Lake, Lassen Co. Rowlands Marsh, Lake TahoePalo Verde, Imperial Co. June 19, 1902 4 eggs (set incomplete?) Ray, 1903, p. 49 June 21, 1901 June 21, 1901 June 22, 1861 June 26, 1905 or later June 30, 1903 July 14, 1916 9 eggs, fresh Mailliard coll. 10 eggs, incubation begun Mailliard with matured egg Cooper, 1880, p. 251 7 eggs, 8 eggs, 10 eggs Sheldon, 1907, eggs, practically fresh Ray, 1905, p. 370 7 eggs, hatched on this Wiley, Bear Lake, July 30, 1905 San Bernardino Mts. Small young seen Grinnell, 1908, p. 53. rCO CO3) CINNAMON TEAL 127 separated and diverse localities as Lake Tahoe, the San JoaquinValley, and the coastal marshes of southern California, the site chosenfor the nest is always in the vicinity of fresh water. On salt marshes,fresh water oases are sought out. The immediate site chosen differsmarkedly in the numerous instances recorded. Sometimes the nestis placed in grass land or a grain field a hundred yards or so fromwater; more commonly, it is in a damp situation, as in tules or marshland, and at the edge of some small pond or stream. The nest itselfis usually a compact structure made of grass stems and weeds and,less often, tules; but occasionally it is nothing more than a slighthollow in the ground. After the full complement of six to thirteeneggs is laid, the nest is always well lined with down of a dark grayhue; as a rule, iintil the set is complete, little or no down is to befound in the nest. While sitting, the female is secretive, and o
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