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WILD AXIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. 



downy young in a pond on the river Hats near Nyack, April 5; and 

 as the forest cruiser, H. R. Flint, saw mallards in the river near 

 there in December, they evidently wintered there and bred early. 



Gadwall: CTiaxdelasmui^ strepems. — As their Latin name indi- 

 cates, the gadwalls are noisy ducks. The drate may be recog- 

 nized by his brown and Avhite wing patches, and the duck by her 

 white patches and pure white wing linings, 



A brood of about a dozen dark, j-ellow-spotted, downy young w-ere 

 found, July 19, by Mr. Bailey, swimming around under the willows 

 on a beaver pond between Many Glaciers and Sherburne Lake. 

 One adult was also seen, August 9, on Lake Elizabeth, in the Belly 

 River region. In the fall of 1S87 Dr. Grinnell found gadwalls 

 " abundant on shallow prairie lakes on Milk River Ridge and north- 

 ward.'' 



Baldi'ate: Mareea ainericana. — jNIr. Stevenson questions whether 

 the baldpates breed at all in the park, and Mr. Gibb reports them 



only as spring and fall mi- 

 grants. In 1887 Dr. Grin- 

 nell found them in the St. 

 ^lary Lakes region, abun- 

 dant through September 

 and October but leaving be- 

 fore the 1st of Xovember. 

 On April 21, 1918, Mr. 

 Bailey found baldpates the 

 most numerous ducks on 

 Lake McDonald, in large 

 and small flocks, out in the 

 middle of the lake and along shore. Sometimes a hundred or more 

 Avould be seen sitting in long rows on a beach in the sun. The next 

 day the lake was rough and few were seen, so it is evident that the 

 migrating hordes had merel}^ stopped to rest. 



Green-winged Teal: Nettion carolincnse. — A mounted specimen 

 of the pi-etry little green-winged teal with brown head, green cheek 

 stripe and wing patch may be seen at Lewis's, and Mr. Gibb says 

 that it nests in the park, particularly on the Avest side of the moun- 

 tains. Mr. Stevenson says that it is seen in great flocks spring 

 and fall, being the commonest teal of the park. In 1887 Dr. Grin- 

 nell found it abundant in the St. Mary Lakes region in open water 

 'up io November. 



On April 21 and 22, 1918, Mr. Bailey found green-Avinged teal 

 among the most abundant ducks on Lake McDonald. Hundreds 

 were seen scattered over the lake in small mi^^ed flocks of other 

 species. 



From Handbook of Birds of the Western United States. 



Fig. 23. — Baldpate. 



