25 G BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



148. Querquedula discors, (Linn.) Steph. Blue- winged Teal. 



Anas discors, Linn., Gm., Lath., Wils., Vieil., Bp., Wagl., Aud., Gir., DeKay 



Trippe, Schl. 

 Anas {Boschas) discors, Sw. & Ricli.,Nutt. 

 Querquedula disco7-s, Stepli., Gray, Bd., Cab., Scl., Scl. & Salv., Dress., Verr., 



Lawr., Sund., Coues, Dall & Bann., Allen, Trippe. 

 Cyanopterus discors, Eyt., Bp., Gosse, Bias. 

 Pterocyanea discors, Bp., Gray, Newb. 



Length, 16 ; wing, 7.10 ; tarsus, 1.20. 



Sab. — North America, chiefly east to Eocky Mountains; to the Pacific 

 Coast in Alaska ; West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America to 

 Ecuador. (Coues.) 



A frequent visitor on its way south, but rarely seen on its northward 

 journey ; most numerous in October. Nine couple were killed in Pem- 

 broke Marsh after the gale of the 22d October, 1854, and many more at 

 St. David's Island, where a native sportsman is said to have killed 

 sixteen couple during the gale (Hurdis). I obtained several specimens 

 in October and November, 1874, and saw two, one of which I knocked 

 down, but unfortunately lost, in the mangrove swamp near the Sluice- 

 gates, on April 30, 1875. 



Genus Spatula, Bole. 



149. Spatula clypeata, (Linn.) Boie. Shoveller. 



Anas clypeata, Linn., Scop., Gm., Lath., 111., Pall., Vieil., Brehm, Licht., 



Wils., Teraiu., Bp., and of earlier authors generally. 

 , Spatula clypeata, Boie, Gray, Cass., Bd., Scl., Cab., Coop. & Suck., Hayd., 



Lawr., Coues, and most late writers. 

 Spathulea clypeata, Flem. 

 Ehynchaspis clypeata. Leach., Steph., Sp. 

 Anas rubens, Gm., Lath. 



Length, 20 ; wing, 9.50 ; tarsus, 1.38. 



Rah. — North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, southward to Guate- 

 mala, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico. (Coues.) 



"A single female specimen was shot in December, 1844, by Mr. C. B. 

 Fozard" (Nat. in B., p. 47). 



Genus Aix, Boie. 



150. Aix sponsa, (Linn.) Boie. Wood Duck; Summer Duck. 



Anas sjmnsa, Linn., Gm., Lath., Wils., Vieil., Licht., Steph., Bp., Nutt.,Aud., 



Vig., Gir., Keys. & Bla8.,De Kay, Maxim. 

 Aix s])onsa, Boio, Eyt., Bp., Gray, Gosso, Cab., Bd., Coop. & Suck., Verr., Coues, 



Hayd., Dress., and most late writers. 

 Dendronessa sponsa, Sw. & Rich. 

 Lampronessa sponsa, Wagl. 

 Cosmonessa sponsa, Reich. 



Length, 19; wing, 9.50; tarsus, 1.40. 



