EUROPEAN WIDGEON. 



'Anas penelope Linn. 



This species, so familiar in the Old World, is a not un- 

 common straggler in North America. It has been killed 

 in so many different places that it is important that it 

 should be described here. In the adult male in autumn 

 and winter the head and sides of neck are bright rufous, 

 almost the color of the head of the male redhead, but 

 without the metallic gloss, or still more like the head of 

 the male green-winged teal. The forehead and crown of 

 head are white, often shaded with rufous, so as to be 

 cream color or even pinkish. The chin is white ; throat 

 and part of the front of the neck black. Often there is 



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