LAMELLIROSTRAL SWIMMERS 



13 la. MoTTi.Eu Drc K. 

 losa. 



AiKts fiilvignla niacu- 



Range. — Gulf coast of Texas and up the Miss- 

 issippi Valley to Kansas. 



The habits of this l)ird differ in no way from 

 the preceding ones. The six to ten eggs are 

 greenish buff in color. Size 2.15 x 1.55. 



\S'y. Gadwall. Cliauh'lasinus strcpentx. 



Range. — Northern Hemisphere, breeding in 

 America, chiefly in the United States and north 

 to Manitoba, chiefly in the interior. 



Creamy buff 



South in winter to the Gulf. The males of these 

 birds may be identified by the white speculum 

 and the chestnut wing coverts. Gadwalls nest 

 on the ground among the reeds of marshes or in 

 the long grass of bordering fields ; they make lit- 

 tle or no nest but line the cavity with down from 

 their breasts. They lay from seven to twelve ('..nlwnii 

 eggs of a creamy buff color. Size 2.10 x 1.60. Widgeon 



Data. — Benson Co., North Dakota, June 19, 1898. 



Bight eggs. Nest on the ground among rank grass on a low island in Devils 

 Lake. Made of weeds lined with down. Collector, B. S. Rolfe. 



136. Widgeon. Mareca penelope 



Range. — Northern Hemisphere, 

 breeding in America, only in the 

 Aleutian Islands; rare or accidental 

 in other parts of the country. 



The European Widgeon is sim- 

 ilar in build and plumage to the fol- 

 lowing species, except that the 

 whole liead, with the exception of 

 the white crown, i§ chestnut. They 

 build their nests in the rushes, mak- 

 ing them of reeds and grass and 

 lining them with feathers. They 

 lay from six to ten light buff color- 

 ed eggs. Size 2.20 x 1.50. Pale buff 



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