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October and November. Feeds on vegetable matter, mollusks, 

 worms and insects. 



10. Anas carolinensis Qmel. 



grep:n-winged teal. 



Male: Head, chestnut; upper parts and sides, waveil with black and 

 white; beneath, whitish, spotted on breast with black; under tail coverts, 

 black. 



Female: Head and neck, brown streaked with reddish; above, mottled 

 with dark brown, barred and streaked with tawny or grajiirh. Length,, 14 

 inches. 



Occasional on the Connecticut river and on the ponds about 

 Amherst, during the migrations. 



11. Anas discors Linn. 

 BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 



Male: Above, various shades of brown; head, dark leaden-gray; beneath, 

 purplish-gray, thickly spotted with black. 



Female; Above, dark brown, edges of feathers, paler; head, buff 

 streaked with blackish; beneath, whitish-gray, obscurely spotted. Length, 

 15-16 inches. 



Not rare on the Connecticut and occasional on the ponds 

 about Amherst, during the migrations. 



12. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). 



SHOVELLER DUCK. 



Head and neck, dark green in the male, brownish-yellow streaked Avith 

 dusky in the female; breast, white; belly, more or less purplish-chestnut; 

 rump, upper and under tail-coverts, black; wing-coverts, sky-blue. Length, 

 17-21 inches. 



Has been taken a few times on the Connecticut river. 



13. Dafila acuta (Linn.). 

 PIN-TAIL DUCK. 



Male: Head and neck, rich dark brown; above, waved or striped with 

 black and whitish; beneath, white. 



Female: Head and neck, huffy ; almost white beneath, streaked above 

 and on sides with blackish; above, fuscous marked with huffy or whitish; 

 beneath, whitish, spotted on the breast; Length, 22-30 inches. 



Reported only once ; the Connecticut river near Northampton. 



