ANATIU.i:— THE SWANS, (JEESE, AND UUCKS. 143 



pinkish of the chest. No. 62,525, from St. Paul's Island, Alaska, 

 is most like the Alexandria specimen. 



A youno- male (No. 57,119, Europe) has the brown of the 

 head, neck, sides, and flanks, almost chestnut; the wing as in 

 the adult, and the dorsal region mostly clothed with feathers 

 of the adult diess. 



According to Dr. Hrewer ( Wtiter Binlx i if North Aniii'ica. Vol. 

 I., p. 519), "two instances are on record" of the occurrence of 

 the Wid.ieon in Illinois. Its habits are cjuite similar to those of 

 the Haldpate. 



Anas americaua (imcl. 



Popular synonyms. American Widgeon: Green- lieadod Widgeon; Bald-liead; Bald-face; 

 Bald-crown; White-belly; Poacher (Detroit, Mich.); Wheat Duck (Oregeu). 



Anas americana Gmei,. S. N. i.pt. ii, 1788. ."j26.— WiLs. Am. Urn. viii, 1814. 8B. pi. f,9. fig. 1.— 

 AUD. Orn. Biog. iv, 1838. 337, pi. 315; Synop. 1839, 279; B. Am. vi, 18J3, 259, pi. 389.— A. 

 0. U. Check List. 188ii, No. 137.— Itmow. Man. N. Am. B. 1887, 96. 

 jVarecaamcricnna Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. xii, pt. ii. 182^1, 135.— Sw.& Rich. F. B.-A. 

 ii, 1831. 145.— Baibd, B. N. Am. 18-.8, 7S3; Cat. N. Am. B. l&W. No. 585.— CouEs.Kcy, 

 1872,280; Check List, 1873, No. I9:i; 2d ed. 1882, No, 713; Birds N. W. 1874. SCI.— Hensh. 

 Zool. Wheeler's Exp. 1875, 475.— Kidow. Orn. 40tli Par. 1877, ti22; Nom. N. Am. B. 1881. 

 No, G07.— B. B. & R. Water B. N. Am. i, 1884, 520. 



ilarera penelope, b., Blasius, B. Eur. 1862, 21. 



Hab. North America in general, north to Arctic Ocean, south, in winter, to Guatemala 

 and Cuba. A'cidental in Europe. Broods nearly throughout its range. 



8p. Cbab. AdiiU male in winter: Forehead and middle ol crown dongitudinallyi 

 white, generally immaculate; ground-color of hea<l and neck white, sometimes more or loss 

 soiled with grayish or brown, and thickly speckled with black; a broad space of metallic 

 blackish croon on the nido of the occiput, running forward to the eye, and sometimes down 

 the nape, where the two spaces are confluent. Chest plain pinkish vinaeeons; sides and 

 flanks the same, delicately waved with black; lower tail-coverts velvety black; rest of lower 

 parts pure white. Back and scapulars grayish white, more or less tinged with the color of 

 the sides, and simihirly waved with black. Wing-coverts immaculate pure white, the an- 

 terior portion of the lessor-covert region ashy, and the last row tipped with velvety black ; 

 speculum soft metallic green anteriorly, velvety black posleriorly; tertials velvety black, 

 sharply edged with white, the lower one with its lower edge entirely pure white; primaries 

 plain slalo-grayith. Uump ashy, minutely w^ved on the edges of the feathers; upper tail- 

 coverts velvety black, the inner webs mostly grayish: tail hoary grayish. Bill light grayish 

 blue, the end black ; iris b; own ; legs and : oet light bluish. Length, about 20.00 inches : wing. 

 10.25-10.75: culmen, 1.30-1.50; tarsus, 1.45-1 65; middle toe, 1.65-1.85. Adnll female: Above, 

 dusky grayish brown, with Irnnsverso, rather dieiant, bars of dull white or light ochraceous. 

 Wing-coverts dark dull a.«hy, broadly tipped and borilerod with white; speculum dull black. 

 Head and neck streaked with blackish upon a dull whitish grouml, the former color pre- 

 vailing on the nape and behind the eye. Chest pale grayish vinaceous, the feathers darker 

 boni'ath the surface; sides and Hanks deeper vinaceous: lower tail-covorts transversely 

 spotted with brown; rest of lower parts pure white. Somi'what smaller than the male 

 (length about 18.00 inches). Young Male: Similar to the ailult female, but the colors more 

 pronounced and the pattern bettor dollnod. especially on the wing, Duvonu uoung: Abovo, 



