624 ORNIXnOLOGY. 



Spatula clypeata. 



ShovclSer. 



Anas cbjiicata., Linn., S.vst. Nat., I, 17GG, liOO. 



Spatula clypcata, BoiE, Isis, 1822, 5!J4. — IJaiud, iJirds N. Am., I.S58, 7.S1; (Jat. N. 



Am. Birds, 1859, No. 583.— CoUES, Key. 1872, 288; (JUcck LL-st, 187o, No. I'JS; 



Birds N. W., 187-1, 570.— Uensiiaw, 1875, 478. 



Common at Pyramid Lake in May 



AlX SPONSA. 



Wootl Duck. 



Anas sponsa, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 17G0, 207. 



ALv xponm, BoiB, Isis, 1820, .'529. — Baird, Birds N. Am., 18.")S, 785; Cat. N. Am. 



Birds, 18.59, No. 587.— (JoUES, Key, 1872, 288; ClJecU List, 187;i, No. 199; 



Birds N. W., 1871, 571. 



OuL- pair of this superb Duck was seen in July, among the cotton- 

 woods oi' the Truckee. 



AyTIIYA AMERICANA. 



Rcd-licad. 



Fuligvla amcricaiia, Eyton, Monograph Aiiatida^, 1838, 1.55. 



Aythya amerlvana, Bonap., Uoiui). Rend., 1850, — .— Baiuu, Birds N. Am., 1858, 



793; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 591. 

 Aythya ferina var. amcricana^ Allen, Bidl. Mas. Comp. Zool., Ill, 1872, 183. 

 Fuligula fcrina var. americana, CouES, Key, 1872, 289; Clicclv List, 187.5, No. 



503 ; Birds N. W., 1874, 575.— Henshaw, 1875, 480. 



Tn winter this is an al)un(Lint species on tlie hdces t)t' the (Jreat liasiii. 

 It and the succeeding- .species are frequently used by the Paiute Indians in 

 making wvy artistic and elaborate decoys, which have a l)ody of Ijent and 

 twisted dry fides {Scir2)Hs-), with the skin stretched over it, llui head prepared 

 and poised in a style crpial to that of the most acconx})lis]ied taxidermist. 

 The floating decoy is anchored by a stone tied to a string, the other end of 

 which is fastened to the bill. 



