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Range (Chiefly eastern North America)

Chiefly eastern North America; breeds from Kansas, northern Ohio, and New Brunswick northward; winters from Virginia and the Lower Mississippi Valley to northern South America.

Washington, common W. V., Sept. to Apl. Long Island, common T. V. in Sept., rare T. V. in spring. Sing Sing, common T. V. in fall, Sept. 24 to Oct. 17. Cambridge, rare in spring; very common (at least formerly) Aug. to Oct.

Eggs, six to twelve, buffy white or creamy buff, 1.85 x 1.30. This generally silent species flies in densely massed, small flocks, which move as one bird. The white face-mark can be discerned at some distance, and, in connection with the bird's small size, is a good field-mark.

The CINNAMON TEAL (141. Anas cyanoptera), a species of western North America, sometimes occurs east of the Mississippi. It has been recorded from