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the northern Atlantic States. It winters from North Carolina to 

 Florida, but chiefly in the lower Mississippi Valley and thence 

 westward to Central Mexico and Lower California. 



In Missouri the Gadwall is a fairly common transient visitant 

 from the last of February to the end of April, when they are 

 generally found in pairs. They used to be summer residents in 

 northern Missouri, and only a few years ago were considered rare 

 breeders in Clark Co., Mo., by Mr, Ed. S. Currier of Keokuk, la. 

 In the southward migration the}^ appear about the middle of 

 October and remain in the southeast well into December. 



136. Mareca PENELOPE Limi. Widgeon. 



A7ias penelope. 



Geog. Dist. — Northern part of Old World and Aleutian Islands. 

 In America a frequent straggler, chiefly along the Atlantic coast 

 from Greenland and Newfoundland to Florida. In the interior it 

 has been reported from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon- 

 sin, and Nebraska. On the Pacific coast it has occurred several 

 times in California, British Columbia and Alaska. A remarkable 

 fact is, that, while the Atlantic coast records are nearly all made 

 in winter (October 20 to February 5) and none later than March 

 25, those of the interior are all made in spring (March 23 to 

 April 18). 



Mr. Frank Schwarz of St. Louis mounted a male which was 

 killed by a hunter in the vicinity of St. Louis, April 10, 1905. 



•*^137. Mareca Americana Gmel. Baldpate. 



A.nas americana. American Widgeon. 



Geog. Dist. — Whole of North America with the exception of its 

 northeastern part, being only a straggler north of the Great 

 Lakes and Chesapeake Bay. Breeds sparingly on the plains of 

 Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota, more commonly in Colo- 

 rado, Utah and Nevada (formerly east to Indiana and Wisconsin) , 

 now chiefly from Minnesota, North Dakota, Manitoba and As^ini- 

 boia northwestward to the Arctic circle. In Alaska to Kotzebue 

 Sound. South to Oregon. It winters in California, and in the 

 East from Virginia and the Ohio River to Cuba, Mexico and 

 Guatemala. 



In Missouri the Baldpate is a common transient visitant. It 

 is present in spring from the last of February in the southeast, 

 and from the middle of March in the north, to the middle of 



