Spatula cyanoptera, Duck egg

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Description:

One of nine northern cinnamon teal (Spatula cyanoptera septentrionalium) eggs collected from San Joaquin Valley, Los Banos County (see CBE2441-CBE2449). The eggs had been laid a moderate time prior and contained small embryos. The nest was made "of grass with small amount of breast down, in heavy cover of grass on the bank of a canal," (Eschenburg Slip).

Synonym: Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium Snyder & Lumsden, 1951
Original Set Mark: 498 Eschenburg Collection
Cutts Collection