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PI. V, Fig. 2; PI. VI, Figs. I and 2, p. 336; photograph of three nests at Stump Lake, 

 Nelson County. June i.S. iQOi. Reeu, igo4. p. 72 ; a set of eggs from Lac au.K Alorte, 

 Ramsey County, collected by E. S. Bryant. Judd, 1917, p. 7; arriving middle of April. 



A not uncommon summer resident, nesting about the ponds and lakes. 

 Many broods of young were seen from July 15 to August 24, 1920, at 

 Devils and Stump lakes. 



24. Net'tion carolincnsc (Gmelin). Green-winged Teal. 



AlIvEn, 1875, p. 67 ; a few pairs met with during the breeding season and a few 

 small flocks seen in September. CouES, 1878, p. 650; thousands enter the country 

 from the north in August; found no nests, but probably a few bred. Hoffman, 1882, 

 p. 404; frequent occurrence at Fort Berthold, McLean County, September. Judd, 

 1893, p. 382 ; May 4, shot a green-winged teal near Cando, Towner County. Job, 1899, 

 p. 163; met the green- winged teal on two occasions in Steele County, May ii, 1898, 

 and on June' 20 at Rolla, Rolette County, near the Turtle Mountains, found a female 

 and her brood of eight young. Bent, 1902, p. i ; near Rolla on June 20, 1898, Mr. 

 H. K. Job found a female and eight juveniles. Judd, 1917, p. 7; a few pairs nest 

 each season, but it is a rare breeder. Freeman, 1919, p. 10; fairly common both 

 spring and fall. BAaEY, 1920, p. 69; at Lsland Lake two beautiful green-winged teal 

 were brought in. 



I saw very few at Devils Lake from May to August, but at Odessa Nar- 

 rows there were two females with broods of young on July 23, 1920. One 

 female and a juvenile bird were taken for the record. 



25. Querquedula discors (Linnaeus), Blue-winged Teal. 



CouES, 1878, p. 651 ; very abundant in August. One taken August 22, 1873, Mouse 

 River. HoFi'man, 1882, p. 404; rather common at Fort Berthold in September. 

 CouES, 1893, p. 275 ; April 16, 1805, Lewis and Clark report seeing blue-winged teal 

 in some small creeks, Mountrail County. CouES, 1897, p. 176; August 2, 1843, Bell 

 saw young blue-winged teal in a pond in the first prairie near Fort Union. BEnT, 

 1902, p. 2; found a nest and ten fresh eggs June 12, 1901, on Goose River, Steele 

 County. 



There is a male at Mandan taken June 19, 1921, and there are mounted 

 birds m all of the state collections. An adult bird taken August 12, and an 

 immature one taken August 15, 1900, at Sweetwater Lake by Charles L. 

 Cass, are in the Museum of Zoology Collection. 



This is the most common breeding duck of North Dakota, nesting all 

 over the state where there is water. A nest with eight fresh eggs was 

 found in tall grass at the side of a road on July 18, 1920, and broods of 

 young were seen on the lakes from June to August. 



The species is of much economic importance, because of its great abun- 

 dance, and also its use for sport and food. 



26. Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieillot). Cinnamon Teal. 



There is an adult male in the Williams Collection at Grafton, taken at 

 Mandan, October 10, 1902, by J. D. Allen. The Agricultural College Col- 

 lection contains a male taken at Maza, Towner County, in 1901, by W. L. 

 Murray. 



This must be considered a straggler or an accidental visitor only. 



