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Mareca americana (Gmelin) AMERICAN WIDGEON; BALDPATE. 
A common migrant, found from about March 10 to the end of April 
and from the middle of September to the middle of November. It 
is seen, though in limited numbers, during the whole summer about 
the lakes of the sand-hill region and probably breeds there. 
*Nettion carolinensis (Gmelin) —GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 
An abundant migrant, coming early in spring, about the first of 
March, remaining till the end of April, and here again in fall from early 
in September to the end of November. It is occasionally seen in 
summer and it has been noted by observers in all parts of the state 
as wintering regularly wherever there is open water. It breeds 
chiefly north of the United States, and must be looked upon as only 
an accidental breeder in Nebraska. But in the latter part of June, 
1902, Wolcott observed, at Dewey lake, Cherry county, a pair which 
was undoubtedly breeding; they were observed on several occasions 
at a locality exactly suited to their nesting, and the actions of the 
birds showed unmistakable evidences of the presence of a nest, but 
the character of the cover was such that although a careful search 
" was made, it could not be found. 
*Querquedula discors (Linnaeus) —BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 
An abundant migrant and common summer resident. Arrives 
usually in the latter part of March and departs by the first of Novem- 
ber. It breeds sparingly in southeastern Nebraska, more commonly 
about ponds and marshes farther west and north, clear to the western 
boundary, and is an abundant breeder in the sand-hill region, every 
pond or marsh, no matter how small, having one or more pairs located 
in its’ vicinity. 
Querquedula cyanoptera (Vieillot)—CinNAMON TEAL. 
An occasional migrant only, its normal range being from the Rocky 
mountains westward. Reported from Omaha, West Point, Niobrara, 
Lincoln, Grand Island, and Cherry county; dates—Omaha, April 10, 
1896, and April 12, 1897, and Lincoln, April 11, 1896. 
*Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus) —-SHOVELLER. 
A very common migrant and common summer resident. Arrives 
early in March and stays till the middle of November. Breeds com- 
monly in the sand-hill region and sparingly in various other parts of 
the state. 
*Dafila acuta (Linnaeus)—PINTaIu. 
An abundant migrant, the first duck to appear in the spring and 
one of the last to pass in the fall. Does not linger, the advance guard 
appearing with the first warm days in February, and nearly all having 
gone on by the first of April to their breeding grounds in the states to 
the northward. A few breed in Cherry county, where a brood of 
half-grown young was seen by Wolcott on Hay lake, June 17, 1902. 
