1 6 Norman A. Wood 



There is a mounted male without data in the State Agricultural College. 

 The collection of Mrs. Olsen, of Medora, contains a female skin taken on 

 the Little Missouri River by Carl Olsen in 1920. Mr. Russell Reid informs 

 me that on October 15, 1919, a female was shot at Bismarck, and that another 

 was collected at Steele, Kidder County, November 2, 192 1, by H. A. Sinish. 



20. Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus. Mallard. 



CouES, 1878, p. 649; flappers about a week old were seen at Pembina, June 20,. 

 1873, on which date adult females and two young were collected. Hoffman, 1882, 

 p. 404; saw flocks upon the ponds, but the species was not common at any time in Sep- 

 tember. CouES, 1893, p. 27s ; April 16, Lewis and Clark saw many mallards on some 

 small creeks (in Mountrail County). Coues, 1897, p. 112; July 24, 1843, Mrs. Cul- 

 bertson gave Audubon six young mallards which she had caught by swimming for 

 them in the Missouri River at Fort Union. Bent, 1901, PI. IV; photograph of nest 

 and ten fresh eggs, from Stump Lake, Nelson County, May 31, 1901. Judd, 1917, p. 

 7; a set of eggs taken from a stack of wheat, twelve feet from the ground. 



There are mounted specimens in all of the state collections and an adult 

 male in the Olsen Collection taken at Medora, October, 1919. 



An abundant summer resident, nesting in all suitable habitats. On July 

 15, 1920, a nest with twelve eggs was found out on the prairie, far from 

 any large body of water. 



This species is of much economic importance. It furnishes sport and 

 much valuable food. 



21. Anas ruhripes Brewster. Black Duck. 



CouES, 1897, p. 155; August 21, 1843, Audubon saw many old and young black 

 mallards (near the mouth of the Little Missouri). Judd. 1017, o. 7: Alfred Easteate, 

 of Stump Lake, and ex-State Auditor H. L. Holmes, of Bathgate, have each a 

 mounted specimen. 



The species is of very rare occurrence in North Dakota. 



22. ChauJelasmus streperus (Linnseus). Gadwall. 



CouES, 1878, p. 650; abundant in the Turtle Mountains, August 5, 1873. CouES, 

 1897, p. 107; July 21, 1843, Audubon saw a single gadwall duck. These birds are 

 found in abundance on the plains where writer and rushes are present: p. 15^; August 

 21, saw many young and old gadwalls (near the mouth of the Little Missouri River). 

 Bent, 1901, PI. V, No. i, PI. IV, No. 2, photograph of two nests found at Stump 

 Lake, June 15. Reed, 1904, p. 71 ; records a set' of eight eggs collected June 19, 1898, 

 on a low island in Devils Lakcy Benson County, North Dakota, by E. S. Rolfe. 



A skin in the Museum of Zoology Collection was taken at Minot, October 

 5, 1910, by Robert P. Stark, and another, an adult male, was taken at 

 Grafton, Walsh County, May 6, 1913, by Henry Williams. 



Many broods of young were seen at Devils Lake from July 15 to August 

 7, 1920, and at Stump Lake, July 25, 1920. It is a common summer resi- 

 dent, nesting in thick grass about the larger ponds and lakes. 



23. Mareca atnericana (Gmelin). Baldpate. 



Coues. 1878, p. 650: abtmdant breeder; young, still unable to fly. were found 

 until the middle of September. Job, 1899, p. 164; on June 27, 1898, found twenty 

 nests of the baldpate on the islands of the Stump Lake Bird Reserve. Bent, 1901, 



