i8 PACIFIC COAST AVIFAUNA No. 3 



70 (137) Mareca americana (Gmelin) Stephens. 



Baldpate. 



Syn. — Anas americana\ Mareca penelope, part. 



Status — Abundant winter visitant in suitable localities throughout the vState. 



71 (138) Nettion crecca (Linnaeus) Kaup. 



European Teal. 



Syn. — Anas crecca. 



Status— Recorded only by J. G. Cooper who states it to have been "found not rarely in 

 California." 



72 (139) Nettion carolinensis (Gmelin) Baird. 



Green-winged Teal. 



Syn. — Anas carolinensis; Ouerquedula carolinensis. 



Status— Abundant winter visitant in suitable localities throughout the State. 



73 (140) Querquedula discors (Linnaeus) Stephens. 



Blue-winged Teal. 



Syn. — Anas discors. 



Status — Rare winter visitant; recorded from Stockton, San Diego. Agua Caliente, Little 

 Owens Lake, Weaverville, Napa, Los Angeles, El Monte. 



74 (141) Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieillot) Cassin. 



Cinnamon Teal. 



Syn. — Anas cyanoptera; Pterocyanea cariileata; Ptcrocyanea discors. 



Status — Common summer visitant to the southern and interior portions of the State; 



breeds numerously in the San Diegan district, in the San Joaquiu-Sacramento Valley 



and east of the Sierras much further north, 



75 (142) Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus) Boie. 



Shoveller. 



Syn. — Rynchaspis clypeata. 



Status— Abundant winter visitant on freshwater throughout the State; a few remain 

 through the summer and have been found breeding (Gorman Station, Haywards). 



76 (143) Dafila acuta (Linnaeus) Bonaparte. 



Pintail. 



Syn.— Z>a/?/« caudacuta. 



Status— Abundant winter visitant to suitable localities throughout the Stater recorded! 

 as remaining through the summer in small numbers and breeding (Los Angeles- 

 County). 



77 (144) Aix sponsa (Linnaeus) Bonaparte. 



Wood Duck. 



Status — Common resident on the streams and lakes of the interior, especially along the- 

 San Joaquin and Sacramento River valleys, where it has been recorded as nesting; als© 

 at Lake Tahoe. 



