64C BIRDS OF SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS. 



Genua LOPHODYTES Kkichexhach. 



20. Lophodytes cucuUatiis (Li.N'x.). Hooded Mcr^^anscM. 



Mr. John Joytlt, of Corpus Ohristi, described the Hooded Merganser 

 to me very minutely, and stated that he had seen it at Corpus Ciiristi 

 with other ducks, but that it is uncoinnion. Dresser votes it as occur- 

 ring on the Medina, Leona, and Nueces llivers. 



Genus ANAS Linn.eus. 



21. Anas boschas Lixn. Mallard. 



A good many Mallards were shot at Corpus Ciiristi by local and visit- 

 ing sportsmen during my stay there. Brown records it :is of occasional 

 occurrence at Boerne, and Dresser says tliat it is "abundant during 

 winter, frequenting inland streams and ponds." 



22. Anas obscura Gmel. Dusky Duck. 



Dresser notes but one specimen of this duck, whicli was shot by Dr. 

 Heermann near San Antonio. At Boerne, Brown found small tiocks 

 infrequently in the creek. 



23. Anas strepera Link. Gad wall. 



A common winter duck at Corpus Christi. Hancock observed it 

 there as late as April 1 " in large numbers on the Nueces River," and 

 Senuett also saw it there during the latter part of March. "Not un- 

 common near Eagle Pass during the winter, and on the ponds and 

 streams between that place and Ban Antonio." (Dresser.) 



24. Anas americana G.mel. Baldpate. 



I saw a mounted specimen of this duck in a drug store at Corpus 

 Christi, and was informed by Mr. Joydt that it occurs regularly there 

 during the winter. Seimett saw it about tlic Nueces River in the latter 

 part of March. 



25. Anas carolinensis (Gmel.). Green-winged Teal. 



Tliis is another well known and common duck at Corpus Christi. It is 

 rare at Boerne according to Brown, and Dresser states that it is " not 

 common during the winter." 



26. Anas discors (LiNX.). iJliie-winged Teal. 



These Teal, according to Dr. Heermann, breed on the Atascosa, a 

 stream tributary to the Rio Nueces and very near the Bexar County 

 line on the southwest, as he "observed it in June." It is a common 

 duck at Corpus Christi, well known to the sportsmen there. 



Genus SPATULA BoiE. 



27. Spatula clypeata (Lixx.). Shoveller. 



The Shoveller is well known to the sportsmen at Corpus Christi. 

 On April 1 Hancock obtained several individuals on the Nueces River. 



