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38. Querquedulacyanoptera Viell. Ciinimuon Tml. 

 Exceedingly rare. A pair were shot opposite Pointe-ii,- 



la-Haclie in December, lS8i. Anotlier [ciir were killed diii- 

 ing- November, 1896, on Lake ('atawiitcliie.* 



39. Spatula clypeata Linn. ShorcJ-hiU; Micoiiic. 

 A common winter resident. 



40. Dafila acuta Liun. rin-tail; J'dillc en (jitciic. 

 Very common in winter. 



41. Aix sponsa Linn. Wood Buck; Branchu. 



An abundant resident in almost every part of the state. 

 breeding' wherever it occurs. 



42. Aythyaamericana Eyt. Bed-head; Vialou. 



A common winter resident, more especially in the south- 

 ern sections. 



43. Aythya vallisneria Wils. Canvas -hack; (hnard (Jhcval. 



A common winter resident. Like the preceding species, 

 it prefers the Gulf coast to more inland waters. 



44. Aythya marila Stcjn. Blue-bill; Dos (/ris de Mer. 



A winter resident; principally on the Gulf coast. 



45. Aythya af finis Eyt. Lesser Sea uj); Bos gris. 



One of the commonest of our winter residents. 

 4i). Aythya collaris Donov. Blaek Duck; Bin(/-Neek; Canard noir. 



An abundant winter resident, especially on the Lake and 

 and Gulf shores. 



47. Glaucionetta ciangula americana lionap. Golden Eije. 



A winter resident, but not common. One was seen by 

 Mr. H. H. Ivopmann on May 5, l^;^9(), and another [a female] 

 was shot on June 15, 1S'.)4, by Mr. A. B. Blakemore, on Cat 

 Island, off the coast of Mississippi, and only a few miles east 

 of Louisiana. 



48. Charitonetta albeola Linn. JUiUerhall: Biijjle-head; Marionette 

 A common M'inter resident. 



49. Ciangula hyemalis Linn. Lonn-tailed Buek; Old i<(iuau-; Cow- 



heen. 



An accidental visitor. During the excessively cold 

 weather of 1899, accompanied by severe snow-storms, a male 

 in full winter plumage was shot on Bayou Barataria, about 

 twenty miles west of New Orleans, Fel)rnary L"). Fortnnatelj'' 

 tiie duck was ])reserved, and i.s now in the museum of Tulaue 

 University. 



*A male, in almost full plumaire, was obtained on Lake Borgne during 

 January, 1900. It is now in the collection of Tulane Museum. —U. B. B. 



