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south about the first of April and all leave by the time the 

 streams freeze in late fall. The following Wyoming records 

 relate to this species: Pole creek, 1856, Wood; Fort Bridger, 

 1858, Drexel ; Fort Bridger, Sweetwater river, McCarthy; 

 Douglas, Jesurun ; Cheyenne, Bond ; Sherman, Aiken ; Grey 

 Bull river, Powder river, Tongue river, Big Wind river, Upper 

 Green river, Cumberland, Evanston, Laramie Plains. Knight. 



141. Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieill.). 



Cinnamon Teal. 



Summer resident. Breeds in considerable numbers in 

 marshy places on the Laramie Plains. Arrives very late in the 

 spring. Williston reports the first birds arrive about May 5th 

 and by the first week in June there were thousands about Lake 

 Como, where he found many breeding. Coues records this 

 species from Popo Agie river, Sweetwater and the North 

 Platte river; Jesurun from Douglas; Bond from Cheyenne and 

 McCarthy from the Sweetwater river. There are three speci- 

 mens in the University collection, which were taken May 23, 

 1897, at Hutton's lakes, where they breed. 



142. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). 



Shoveller. 

 Summer resident and common. Breeds all over Wyo- 

 ming in suitable places below 8,000 feet. Coues reports sp< < i- 

 mens taken on the Sweetwater and Green river ; Jesurun finds 

 them abundant in Converse county, and Bond in the vicinity 

 of Cheyenne ; Williston rather common at Lake Como. There 

 are two skins in the Wyoming collection. One was taken in 

 the fall the other in the spring at Hutton's lake. 



143. Dafila acuta (Linn.). 



Pintail. 



Summer resident; not common. In migration they are 

 very common all over the state and are found in large docks. 

 They follow the Red Heads in spring migration ; and are not 

 eommon until the sloughs and streams are open. The\ an 



