AVES. 35 



A^SERES. 



ANATIDAE. 



Vt. Common migrant; (? "summer resident"). Mar.; Sept. 



Mass. Uncommon spring and rare fall migrant; accidental in 

 winter. April 4-23; Sept. 6-Dec. 13 (Jan. 1; Feb. 1. 1892, West 

 Barnstable). 



R. I. Uncommon migrant; rare in winter. Mar.; Sept. 2- 

 Nov. 7 (Dec. 30). 



Conn. Uncommon migrant and rare winter resident. Fall- 

 Mar. 



67. Querquedtjla DISCORS (Linne) Stephens. 



Blue-winged teal. 



Anas discors Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 205. "in 

 America septentrionali." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, 

 vol. 6, p. 2S7, pi. 393. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 20, fig. 12. 



Fresh and salt water; nests in marshes. 



Me. Common migrant and in Washington Co., a rare summer 

 resident. (Mar. S) April-May; summer; Sept. 15-Oct. 16. 



N. H. Uncommon migrant. May; Aug. 15-Nov. 



Vt. Uncommon migrant; (? "summer resident"). April- 

 May; fall. 



Mass. Rare spring and common fall migrant; probably once 

 bred. April 11-May 31; (June 8 and 20, Cambridge); Aug. 16- 

 Nov. 26. 



R. I. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant and rare sum- 

 mer resident (at Sakonnet). May (summer); Aug. 27-Nov. 5. 

 Eggs, May. 



Conn. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. Spring; 

 Aug.-Oct. 20. 



68. Spatula clypeata (Linne) Boie. 



Shoveler ; Spoonbill . 

 Anas clypeata Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 175S, vol. 1, p. 124. "in 



