THE AUK: 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



VOL. XIX. 



January, 1902. 



No. I. 



NESTING HABITS OF THE ANATID^ IN NORTH 



DAKOTA. 



BY A. C. BENT. 



Plates II-IV. 

 {Continued from Vol. XVIII, f. 336.) 



Nettion carolinensis Gviel. Green-winged Teal. 



This handsome little duck is probably the rarest of the Anatidge 

 breeding in North Dakota. We did not see a single individual 

 which we could identify as of this species, so I have nothing to add 

 to its life history from personal experience. In the extreme north- 

 ern portions of the State it is probably more often found breeding. 

 Mr. Job met with it there, on his previous visit in 1898, and I 

 quote from his notes in regard to it, as follows: "On June 20, 

 near Rolla, I was exploring a small pond with rushes around the 

 edges. While wading at the outer edge of the rushes, I heard 

 some pattering sounds, and from almost at my feet eight tiny 

 ducklings followed one another in a line out into the open water. 

 In a moment the mother was on hand, and flapped and dragged 

 herself about, almost within arm's reach of me. The young swam 

 into the rushes again, and the old bird kept up the performance 

 as long as I staid there, flying off and coming back to renew her 

 protestations." 



