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WILD ANIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PAEK. 



Pintail: Da^la acuta tz'Uzlhoa. — Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Gibb 

 speak of seeing the brown-headed pintail in spring and fall: and Mr. 

 Gird, who has noted them in the Ik'lly River region and the north- 

 ern part of the park, says they come into the mountain lakes from 

 the prairie about September. In the fall of 1887, Dr. (Jrinnell found 

 them in small numbers on Milk 

 River Ridge and the prairie lakes 

 of the St. Mary Lakes region, 

 lh()Uo-]i thev were not nearly so 



From Handbook of Westor 

 LA. Fucrtcs. 



Fig. 25. — Blue-wiug.^.l toaL 



From Handbook uf Western Birds. 



Fig. 2(!. — Cinnamon teaL 



abundant as other fresh-water ducks. On April 21, 1018, Mr. Bailey 

 found them fairly common on Lake McDonald in small flocks. 

 While mixed w^ith other species on the water, they kept together 

 when they flew. 



Wood Duck : Aix spoiisa. — Great confusion has arisen from the 

 local application of the name wood duck to the Barrow golden-eye 

 and the merganser, but Mr. H. P. Stanford has a mounted wood duck 



From Handbook of Birds of the Western United States. 



Fig. 27. — PintaU. 



that he took at Flathead Lake, and says he has s;'en the ducks on the 

 ponds at the upper end of Lake McDonald. 



All the ducks of the region which may be called wood ducks 

 because they nest in hollow trees should be carefully distinguished. 

 In the golden-eyes the drake has a green head with a white spot 

 at the base of the bill, while the duck has a puffy, dark-brown 

 head. In the sheldrake, the scarcely crested head of the drake is 

 dark green, while the long-crested head of the duck is i^eddish- 

 hrown. In the hooded merganser the drake has a black wheel- 



