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19. Chaulelasmus streperus (Linnaeus). 



Gadwall. 



Synonym — Anas strepera. 



Status — Mearns found this species in summer in the Mogollon Mountains, 

 where it was common and "probably breeding". Cones (1866a, p. 99) met with 

 it on the Colorado River in October, and Scott ( 1886, p. 384) took a specimen 

 at Tucson in December. 



20. Mareca amerieana (Gmelin). 



Baldpate. 



Synonyms — Anas amerieana ; Anas penelope. 



Status — A common migrant, and, in southern Arizona, a winter visitant. 

 Reported by Mearns (1890a, p. 50) as occurring in summer at Mormon Lake, 

 in the Mogollon Mountains, where he supposed it was breeding, though no nests 

 were found. 



21. Nettion carolinense (Gmelin). 



Green-winged Teal.. 

 Synonyms — Querqiiedula carolinensis ; Anas carolinensis. 



Status — A common migrant, reported from various scattered localities. Re- 

 mains through the whiter in southern Arizona : San Pedro River, Colorado River, 

 Tucson, etc. 



22. Querquednla discors (Linnaeus). 



Blue-winged Teal. 



Synonym — A nas discors. 



Status — Has been reported from various parts of Arizona. Scott speaks of 

 it a^ being of occasional occurrence in winter in the vicinity of Tucson, while 

 Mearns (1890a, p. 51) found the species in May and June on the lakes of the 

 Mogollon Mountains, where it may have been breeding. There are also records 

 of individuals taken during the migrations at Tucson, Ehrenberg (Colorado 

 River), Sulphur Spring (Cochise County), and San Francisco Mountain. Not 

 infrequently taken in winter on the San Pedro River ( F. C. Willard, MS). 



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23. Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieillot). 



Cinnamon Teal. 



Synonyms — Ptcrocyanca cacrulcaia; Anas cyanoptera. 



Status — A common migrant throughout the state, bias been found breed- 

 ing in the Mogollon Mountains, and is reported as a winter visitant in extreme 

 southern Arizona (Tucson, Sulphur Spring, etc.). 



x 24. Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus). 



Shoveller. 

 Status — A migrant, and, in southern Arizona, a winter visitant. Mearns 

 (1890a, p. 51) found the species in May and June on the lakes in the Mogollon 

 Mountains, where it may have been breeding. 



