NETTrON CAROLINENSIS— QUERQUEDULA OYANOl'TERA. (52,3 

 NeTTION OAllOLINENSIS 



A)i,ts raroliiiciisis, CJmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, o;!3. 



(Jucni!(cili(hi vurolincii'iis, Stki'iikns, Sbaw's Gen. ZdoI., XII. ISi.'!, 12S._GoUE«, 



Key, 1872,287; Check List, 1873, No. 4'JJ ; Birils N.W., 187J, .".(m.— Hen- 



SUAW, 1875, 475. 

 NctfioH crifolinennis, Baied, Birds N. Am., 1858, 777 ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 185'.», 



No. 571), 



Not coiuniuu, Ijut .shot in June on Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake. 



QUEKQUEDULA DISCORS, 

 Bliie-iviii^o«l Tea!. 



Anas dismrs, Linn., S.vst. Nat., I, 170(j, 2(»5. 



Qucrqucdula diwom, STEPHENS, Slia\v\s Gen. Zool., XII, 1824, 149.— Baird, Birds 



N. Am., 1858, 779 ; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 581.— Coues, Key, 1872, 287 ; 



Check List, 1873, No. 490 ; Birds N.W., 1874, 50(5.— IIensuaw, 1875, 470. 



Katlier eonnnon in Mny at Pyramid Lake, where breeding- in the 

 meadows. 



QUERQUEDULA CYANOPTBRA. 

 Ciiiiimiion Teal. 



Anas ojanoptcra, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., V, 181G, 104. 



Querquedula ci/anoptera, Cassin, U. S. N. (Gilliss') Astrou. Exp., II, 1855, 202. — 

 Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 780; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 582.— Coues, 

 Key, 1872, 288; Check List, 1873, No. 497; Birds N.W., 1874, 507.- Qen- 

 SHAW, 1875, 477. 



This handsome species was common, though not abundant, throughout 

 the West, both in the Sacramento Valley and in the Interior. 



List of specimens. 



100, nest and eggs (8); Trnckee Meadows, Nevada, July 10, 1807. Nest in tiitt 

 oi' grass iu meadow, about two rods from the river. 



775, eggs (9) ; Truckee Reservation, June 1, 1808. Nest in a grease-wood bush, 

 near the water. 



1080, ^ ad.: mouth of .Jordan River, TTtah, June .3, 1809. lOJ— 24A. Bill, black; 

 iris, orange ; tarsi and toes, orange, joints and webs blackish. 



1087, ? rtfZ.; same locality and date. 15^—24. Bill, dusky, paler along edge and 

 beneath ; iris, brown ; tarsi and toes, ocbraceous-drab. 



