Querquedula cyanoptera December 26, 1909. The red feathers are quite rapidly replacing those of the eclipse plumage both in the sides and breast, while the head seems to have attained its full quota of red feathers. He has not moulted his wing quills yet. January 11, 1910. The base of the bill of the drake Cinnamon Teal has become black again like the remainder. During the eclipse plumage it became a horn color right at the base. Red feathers are rapidly replacing the barred ones of the flanks, and the bird is becoming exceedingly handsome. January 23, 1910. The mottled flank feathers of the eclipse plumage are fast disappearing. The wing quills have not yet been moulted, however. February 15, 1910. The mottled feathers on the sides have given place entirely to red feathers, and the bird appears to be in high plumage, except for the upper tail coverts and an occasional spot on the underparts. The wing quills have not been moulted yet.