BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 11 
A fairly common summer resident, breeding in the interior of the 
Province. 
Arrives in April and leaves with the first frost. 
Genus NETTION. 
37. Green-winged Teal. 
(Nettion carolinensis.) 
Common summer resident, breeding in the north. 
Arrives as soon as the marshes are open and remains until the 
early part of November. 
GENUS QUERQUEDULA. 
38. Blue-winged Teal. 
(Querquedula discors. ) 
A common summer resident, breeding in all suitable places 
throughout this Province. 
Arrives in April and leaves about the end of September. 
Genus SPATULA. 
39. Shoveller. 
(Spatula clypeata.) 
A regular but uncommon summer resident, breeds throughout its 
range. 
Genus DAFILA. 
40. Pintail. 
(Dafila acuta.) 
A common spring and autumn visitor to southern Ontario, 
occasionally breeding in the marshes about Lake Erie and probably 
regularly breeding in the interior of the Province. 
Arrives as soon as the marshes open and leaves when they freeze 
up. 
GENus AIX. 
41, Wood Duck. 
(Aix sponsa.) 
Formerly an abundant summer resident, breeding everywhere 
throughout the Province, it is still common but its numbers are 
decreasing. 
Arrives as soon as the ice is out of the marshes, departs about the 
end of September. 
