KEY TO THE WATER BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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Subgenus MARECA Stephens. 



(Male.) 



ANAS AMERICANA Gmel. 

 Baldpate. American Widgeon. 



Adult male : Head speckled black and white ; top of the head white; a broad stripe of 

 greenish back of the eye to the occiput; chin blackish : upper breast pale ashy hlac or vinaceous ; 

 rest of under parts pure white; crissum and under tail coverts black; back ashy vinaceous finely 

 pencilled with black; a broad patch of white on the wing; most of the secondaries have the 

 outer web black edged with wliite ; the inner webs are grayish towaixls tlie tip : speculum lilack 

 and green. 



Adult fetnale ; Head and throat whitish, streaked and mottled with black; back grayish 

 brown; tertials dusky edged with whitish. 



Length, I9; Wing, 10.50; Tarsus, 1.60: Bill, 1.40. 



This species rani^es nearl}^ throughout North America but does not breed 

 on the Atlantic coast as far as known. It is very common in winter in 

 Florida occurring along the Gulf to Central America and Northern South 



