36 MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



35. Anas americana Gmclin. 

 Widgeon; Pato Lebanco. 



The Widgeon arrives in Cuba regularly every winter, and I have 

 seen small bands on various occasions on Lake Ariguanabo and Lake Punla 

 Gorda in the Cienaga. It often is shot in the estuaries about Mariel, 

 Bahia Honda and Cabanas, west of Havana. 



36. Anas discors Linne. 

 Blue-winged Teal; Pato de la Florida. 



The most abundant migrant Duck. It arrives in Cuba in early 

 September and appears there often in great hosts, coming at evening to 

 the fresh-water ponds. The day probably is spent about the inaccessible 

 mangrove swamps of the coast. None are known to stay and nest. 



37. Anas cyanoptera Vieillot. 



Cinnamon Teal. 



Recorded once from Cuba by V. J. Rodriguez, when in January, 

 1917, a single bird was shot at Lake Ariguanabo and sent to Havana 

 for sale. The mounted specimen is now preserved in the Poey Museum 

 of the National University, Havana (Mem. Soc. Cubana Hist. Nat., 

 'Felipe Poey,' vol. 11, p. 223, 1917). 



38. Spatula clypeata (Linne). 

 Spoonbill Duck; Cuchareta. 



A few Spoonbill Ducks arrive in Cuba every autumn, and retire 

 northward in April. They usually are associated with bands of Blue- 



