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Gravenhurst) and northeastern Michigan (Neebish Island) , formerly 

 Wisconsin (Lake Koshkonong), formerly northeastern Illinois, south- 

 ern Minnesota (Rice and Jackson Counties), formerly central western 

 Iowa (Sac County), northern Nebraska (Cherry County), southern 

 Colorado (San Luis River), northern New Mexico (San Miguel 

 County) , northern Utah (Bear River and Great Salt Lake) , north- 

 western Nevada (Washoe Lake) , and south central California (Tulare 

 Lake and formerly Ventura County) . North to the limit of trees in 

 northern Alaska (Kotzebue Sound and Yukon River), northern 

 Mackenzie (Fort Anderson), Great Slave Lake (Fort Rae), northern 

 Manitoba (Churchill), and James Bay. Ungava and Labrador 

 records doubtful. Replaced in Aleutian and perhaps Pribilof Islands 

 by the European teal. 



Winter range.- — Southern North America, mainly in southwestern 

 United States and Mexico. East to the Bahama Islands, Cuba, 

 Jamaica, and the Lesser Antilles (Carriacou, Grenada, Tobago, etc.). 

 South to British Honduras (Belize River) and southern Mexico 

 (Michoacan), North, more or less regularl}^, to southern British 

 Columbia (Chilliwack and Okanagan), central Montana (Great Falls), 

 northern Nebraska (Cherry County), northern Missouri (Kansas 

 City), southern Illinois (Mount Carmel), Kentucky and the coast of 

 Maryland (Chesapeake Bay) ; rarely or irregularly farther north to 

 southern Alaska (Sitka), the Great Lakes, and southern New York 

 (Long Island) ; and casually to Massachusetts (Boston) and Nova 

 Scotia (Halifax). 



Spring migration. — Average dates of arrival: Pennsyhauia, south- 

 ern, March 16; Connecticut, southern, April 6; Quebec, Montreal, 

 April 27; Prince Edward Island, April 26; Missouri, central, February 

 26; Illinois, central March 7; Iowa, Keokuk, March 3; Minnesota, 

 Heron Lake, March 24 (earliest March 6) ; South Dakota, central, 

 March 20; North Dakota, northern, April 6; Manitoba, Aweme, April 

 16; Saskatchewan, southern, April 19; Alaska, Yukon River, May 

 3 (earliest). Late dates of departure: Florida, Wakulla County, April 

 11; North Carolina, Raleigh, April 13; Louisiana, Hester, April 6; 

 Texas, northern, April 16; Iowa, Keokuk, April 30 (average April 7). 



Fall migration. — Early dates of arrival: Pennsylvania, Erie, Sep- 

 tember 1; Long Island, Mastic, September 4; Virginia, Alexandria, 

 September 22; Florida, Wakulla County, September 26. Average 

 dates of arrival: Quebec, Hatley, October 11; Maine, ]5angor, Octo- 

 ber 8; Pennsylvania, Erie, September 15; Virginia, Alexandria, Se]>- 

 tember 29; Iowa, Keokuk, September 21 ; Kansas, central, September 

 12; Texas, central, September 22; California, central, September 17. 

 Late dates of departure: Alaska, Taku River, September 26; Ontario, 

 southern, November 7; Massachusetts, Essex County, December 2; 

 Iowa, Keokuk, November 27. 



