The Cinnamon Teal is another small Duck, marked by the uniform rich chestnut plumage and light blue wing coverts. The speculum is green. The nesting habits are the same as those of the Teals, the nests being placed on the ground in marshes or fields near water. Their nests are closely woven of grass and weeds and lined with down and feathers from the breast of the bird. The eggs are pale buff and number from six to fourteen. Size 1.85 × 1.35. 141.1. RUDDY SHELDRAKE. _Casarca ferruginea._ This is an Old World species that has accidentally occurred in Greenland. [Illustration 095: Blue-winged Teal. Cinnamon Teal.] [Illustration: deco-photo.] [Illustration: right hand margin.] Page 94 142. SHOVELLER. _Spatula clypeata._ Range.--Whole of North America, breeding in the interior from Texas northward. This strikingly marked Duck is twenty inches in length, has a green head and speculum, blue wing coverts and chestnut belly. The bill is long and broad at the tip. It makes its nest on the ground in marshy places, of grass, weeds and feathers. Six to ten eggs constitute a complete set. They are greenish or leaden gray color. Size 2.10 x 1.50. Data.--Graham's Island, North Dakota, May 28, 1899. Nest of dead weed stems and grass, lined with down. Ten eggs. Collector, E. S. Bryant. 143. PINTAIL. _Dafila acuta._ Range.--Northern Hemisphere, breeding in North America from northern United States northward, wintering south to Panama. This species, which is also known as the Sprig-tail, is very common in the United States in the spring and fall migrations. It is about thirty inches long, its length depending upon the development of the tail feathers, the central ones of which are long and pointed. They breed casually in many sections of the United States, but in abundance from Manitoba to the Arctic Ocean. They nest near the water, laying from six to twelve eggs of dull olive color. Size 2.20 x 1.50. Data.--Graham's Island, Devil's Lake, N. Dakota, June 15, 1900. Ten eggs. Nest on the ground, of weeds, lined with down. Colony breeding. Collector, E. S. Bryant. [Illustration 096: Lead gray.] [Illustration: Pintail. Shoveller.] [Illustration: Dull olive gray.] [Illustration: left hand margin.] Page 95 144. WOOD DUC. _Aix sponsa._ Range.--Temperate North America, breeding from Labrador and British Columbia south to Florida. Bridal Duck is a name often given to this, the most beautiful of all Ducks.