Spatula discors, Duck egg

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Description:

One of ten blue-winged teal eggs that were freshly incubated when collected after flushing the bird from the nest (CBE2420 - CBE2429). The nest was "made of dry grass, lined with down, placed on small island in Luther Marsh. Nest was arched over with dead grass," (Pickering Slip).

Synonym: Anas discors discors Linnaeus, 1766
Original Set Mark: 1-7 Pickering Collection
Cutts Collection