1912 BIRDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2.3 



61. (135) Chaulelasmus streperus (Linnaeus). Gadwall. 

 Common winter visitant. Arrives mostly in late September and October 



and leaves in March. Occasionally remains through the summer and breeds 

 in fresh water marshes. A. M. Shields has taken eggs near Los Angeles 

 (Grinnell, Pub 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci., 1898, 10), and A. M. Ingersoll took 

 a set of twelve eggs, with the female bird, at San Jacinto Lake, Riverside 

 County. June 7, 1897. 



62. (136) Mareca penelope (Linnaeus). European Widgeon. 



One record, that of a male taken by C. H. Mears at Bixby, Los Angeles 

 County, February 16, 1904. Now in collection of J. Grinnell (Auk xxi, 

 1904, 383). 



63. (137) Mareca americana (Gmelin). Baldpate. 



The American Widgeon is a common winter visitant to lakes and ponds 

 everywhere in southern California. A few appear from the north in the latter 

 part of September, but the main body does not generally arrive until well into 

 October. They leave for their breeding grounds mostly in early March. 



64. (139) Nettion carolinense (Gmelin). Green-winged Teal. 

 Abundant winter visitant. Arrives mostly in the latter part of September 



and the month of October, and leaves in March. 



65. (140) Querquedula discors (Linnaeus). Blue-winged Teal. 

 Fairly common during some winters and apparently absent during others. 



In parts of the United States, where it winters abundantly, it is found to be 

 one of the earliest arrivals in the fall and one of the last to leave in the spring 

 (Cooke. U. S. Biol. Surv. Bull. 26, 1906, 33). Seen several times by Bradford 

 Torrey near Santa Barbara from January 21 to May 1, 1908, and from De- 

 cember 6, 1908. to March 16. 1909 (Condor xi, 1909. 173). Two males noted 

 by J. H. Bowles in the same locality, January 5, 1910. I have frequently seen 

 birds of this species that were brought in to Los Angeles taxidermists by local 

 hunters. A female was taken by W. B. Judson near Los Angeles. October 31, 

 1896 (Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci.. 1898. 11). and another female 

 was taken by H. S. Swarth in the same locality, October 3, 1898 (Condor n, 

 1900, 14). Mr. Swarth also took a female near Los Angeles, September 2S, 

 1900. F. S. Daggett took a male near El Monte, Los Angeles County, March 

 12, 1897 (Grinnell, Pub. 2, Pasadena Acad. Sci.. 1898, 11), and J. Grinnell has 

 a male taken at Bolsa Chica. Orange County, October 16, 1907. L. Belding 

 saw an adult male that was shot in El Cajon Valley, about fifteen miles from 

 San Diego, in April, 1881. F. Stephens took a pair at Agua Caliente, San Diego 

 County, in March, 1886 (Belding, Zoe n, 1891, 97), and C. B. Linton took a 

 female at National City, October 25, 1906. 



66. (141) Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieillot). Cinnamon Teal. 

 Abundant in spring and fall. Less plentiful in summer and mid- winter. 



Breeds rather commonly around grass-bordered lakes and ponds, south to San 

 Diego County, and winters in small numbers as far north as Santa Barbara 

 (Torrey, Condor xn, 1910, 80). I have noted young birds in Los Angeles 



