brooks: birds from east Siberia and arctic al.\ska. 391 

 Mareca PENELOPE (Linne). 



EUROPEAN WIDGEON. 



One purchased specimen is in the collection — a male taken at 

 Bering Island, in April, 1910. 



Nettion crecca (Linne). 



EUROPEAN TEAL. 



A male was shot on June 6, 1913, at Indian Point, Siberia, but 

 unfortunately an Eskimo dog retrieved it. 



Nettion carolinense (Gmelin). 



GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 



Two females and a male were seen at Demarcation Point, on May 

 23, 1914. I saw no others. 



Mr. Dixon took a pair at Herschel Island, August 9, 1914. 



Dafil.\ acuta (Linne). 



PINTAIL. 



We did not find the Pintail a common bird on the Arctic coast of 

 Alaska. 



During the summer of 1913 small flocks were occasionally seen 

 flying east, the last seen being a flock of four flying east at Demarca- 

 tion Point, September. 2. 



During the spring of 1914 the species was first noted on May 24, — , 

 a single pair in a pond. From this date until June 1 several pairs 

 were to be seen in the vicinity every day. Then pairs and small 

 flocks were seen for several days, the sexes in the flocks about evenly 

 divided, though sometimes males predominated. After June 12 I 

 seldom saw any Pintails, except an occasional pair flying about. No 

 nests were found. 



