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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 



50. Marila nearctica. American Scaup Duck. 



=., - . ™^ ®P^^'^^ *^ ^ ^a^lie"" ""are straggler to the northern Gulf coast. 

 3L Marila af finis. Lesser Scaup Duck. 



Tolerably common winter resident of Southern and Western Texas. 

 Occurs only as a migrant in the vicinity of Waco. 



52. Marila collaris. Ring-necked Duck. 



Winter resident of Southern and Western Texas. Occurs only as a 

 migrant in the northern and eastern sections of the State. 



53. Clan?ula americana. American Golden-eye. 



Rare winter visitor to the Guif coast. 



54. Charitonetta albeola. Bufflehead. 



Rather rare winter resident. Abundant durmg the migrations 



55. Harelda hyemalis. Old Squaw. 



Occasional visitor to the coast m winter. A mounted specimen in the 

 Baylor Museum is said to have been collected near the mouth of the 

 Rio Grande River in Cameron county. 



56. Nomonyx dominicus. Masked Duck. 



Occasional on the Lower Rio Grande. Cooke thinks it probable that it 

 breeds in the vicinity of Brownsville. 



57. Erismatura jamaicensis. Ruddy Duck. 



Rare winter resident but abundant during the migrations. Cooke 

 says that it breeds over much of the Mississippi Valley, from Texas to 

 Minnesota, but I have no record of its breeding in this State. 



58. Chen hyperborea. Lesser Snow Goose. 



An abundant winter resident on the coast. 



59. CHen hyperborea nivalis. Greater Snow Goose. 



This goose winters on the coast but is by no means common. 



60. Chen caerulescens. Blue Goose. 



Common winter resident on the coast. 



61. Anser albifrons gambeli. American White-fronted Goose. 



Common wmter resident on the coast. As a rule very few remain in 

 the interior. 



62. Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. 



Abundant migrant and common winter resident. 



63. Branta canadensis hutchinsii. Hutchin's Goose. 



Common migrant. Winters in the marshes and lagoons near the 

 coast. 



