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brown, except the throat, which is dusky; back 

 marked with fine wavy Hnes. 



Adult female: Whole head and throat, rusty 

 brown, finely marked with black; greater wing 

 coverts, grayish brown, tipped with black. 

 Length, about 19; wing, 10.50; bill, 1.40. 

 At least three specimens of the European 

 Widgeon have been taken in Illinois and several in 

 Wisconsin, two of which, according to Kumlien and Hollister, were 

 killed at Lake Koshkonong. 



Mr. Ruthven Deane records 20 birds of this species having been 

 killed in interior states, many of them in Indiana. (See Auk, 1899, 

 p. 270; lb., 1903, p. 303; lb., 1905, p. 76; lb., 1905, p. 206.) 



44. Mareca americana (Gmel.). 



American Widgeon. Baldpate. 



Anas americana Gmel., A. O. U. Check List, 1895, p. 49. 



Distr.: North America generally; breeds chiefly north of the 

 United States; south in winter to the Gulf coast. West Indies, 

 Mexico, and Guatemala. 



Adult male: Head, speckled black and white; top of head, white; 

 a broad stripe of greenish from eye to the occiput; chin, blackish; 

 upper breast, pale ashy lilac or vinaceous; rest of under parts, pure 

 white; crissum and under tail coverts, black; back, ashy vinaceous. 



