1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 263 



On October 3, '89, I witnessed a remarkable instance of" the 

 well-known sailing power of a dead duck, if shot in the heart 

 with its wings spread. Fishing near Maxwell's Point, my atten- 

 tion was taken by several shots on Saltpeter Creek, and looking in 

 that direction I noticed a duck coming down the wind, which was 

 blowing fresh from a few points N. of W. As it got closer I 

 noticed it was sailing, wings and neck at full stretch; when first 

 seen it was well up and over the land, but gradually descending, 

 it struck the water with a splash about one-quarter mile from 

 our boat and near the centre of the river, or about two-and-a- 

 half miles from where it was shot, the neck being about a mile 

 across and Gunpowder River about three miles wide at this 

 point. 



Anas crecca (138). European Teal. 



One shot on the Potomac River, near Washington, in April, 

 1888, was presented to the National Museum (Auk, iii, 139). 

 It was an " adult male, shot by Henry Marshall, of Laurel, 

 Md." (Smith. Report, '86, 154). 



Anas carolinensis (139). Green-winged Teal. 



Common during spring and fall migrations, a number stay 

 in tidewater Maryland during mild winters. It is not so nu- 

 merous as the following species , with which it arrives and 

 departs. Mr. W. S. Walker, of Chestertown, writes me: 

 '' Among the last to leave Chester River is the Teal, or Partridge 

 Duck, a little brown duck.'' 



Anas discors (140). Blue-winged Teal. 



Usually seen with, or in the same places as the last men- 

 tioned, and during the same time of year. A bunch of 15 

 were noted in Bear Creek, on August 20 ('93, Fisher), The 

 latest date is May 7 ('90, Resler), when one was taken on 

 Patapsco Marsh. 



On September 17, '93, I saw a bunch of 10 on Loch Raven, 

 in Dulaney's Valley. They were standing at edge of water. 



