avks. 33 



ANSERES. 



ANATIDAE. 



EUROPAE AQ1 is Di l.CIBUS." Audubon, Birds of Ainer., 1S43, 



vol. ('), p. 254, pi. 388. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 37, pi. 14, fig. 3. 

 Fresh and salt water; nests in marshes. 



Me. — Rare migrant. April 29, L879 (Scarborough); Oct. 27— 

 29. 



N. II. — Rare migrant: Hampton; Portsmouth, spring. 

 Vt. — Rare migrant: Otter Creek, spring 1879; St. Albans. 

 Mass. — Rare migrant. Oct. 2— Nov. 1. 

 R. L— Rare migrant. Feb. 26-May 4; Oct. 8-Dec. 1. 

 CONN. — Rare migrant. Aug. -Oct. 14. 



G3. Mareca penelope (Linne) Selby. 

 Widgeon; European widgeon. 



Anas penelope Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 126. "ix 

 EUROPAE MARITIMIS & PALUDIBUS." Salvadori, Cat. birds of 

 British mus., 1895, vol. 27, p. 227. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 

 1871-81, vol. 6, pis. [432, 133]. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 38, pi. 13, 



fig. 4. 



Fresh and salt water; nests on the ground. 



Vt. — Doubtfully recorded. 



Mass. Accidental visitor: Halifax, Oct. 20, 1899; Marblehead, 

 Dec. 29, 1900; Mass. ? (Samuels). 



R. I.— Accidental visitor: Middletown, Sept. 20, 1889. 



til. Mareca Americana (Gmelin) Stephens. 



Baldpate; American widgeon. 



Anas americana Gmel., Syst. nat., L788, vol. 1. pt. 2, p. 526. 

 "America \ < ' wkwa insulisque \ u i\i < )< i: wi \i> sinum Hud- 

 son-is." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1843, vol. »i, p. 25!), pi. 389. 



Fresh and salt water; nests in marshes. 



