96 BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK CITY REGION 



Baldpate. Grayer than a Baldpate, it has long pointed wings, 

 and a " long-geared " appearance on the wing, like a small 

 Pintail. 



Long Island. Rare transient, October 16 to December 13; 

 April 9 and 10. 



ORIENT. Casual in fall and winter, October 17, 1908 to 

 April 10, 1910. 



MASTIC. One record. 



EUROPEAN WIDGEON (Mareca penelope) 



This handsome duck was formerly supposed to be an 

 accidental visitant from the Old World, but is now known to 

 occur regularly in North America. On Long Island it is a 

 rare migrant or winter resident, and is undoubtedly of more 

 frequent occurrence than the Shoveller. It is almost invar- 

 ably associated with Baldpate, and is most likely to occur in 

 places where that species is abundant, such as Gardiner's 

 Island. I have seen seven drakes in four visits to this water- 

 fowl paradise during the heitvht of the migration of the Bald- 

 pate; there are numerous other records, and there is little 

 doubt that it occurs there annually. The drake cannot be 

 confused for an instant with any other species, but females or 

 immature are not distinguishable in life from Baldpate. 



Long Island. Rare transient or winter visitant, September 

 12 to April 7. 



ORIENT. Rare winter visitant. October 8, 1908 to April 

 7, 1912, Gardiner's Island (Harper and Griscom). 



MASTIC. Rare; has occurred as early as September 12, 

 1915 (J. T. Nichols and Griscom). 

 New York State. 



BRONX REGION. A most satisfactory observation of a fine 

 drake and a supposed female, February 9, 1922 on Pelham 

 Bay (L. N. Nichols). 

 New Jersey. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Casual; one record, spring of 1880 

 or 1881 (Cornelius Demurest). (See Chapman, Auk, 1889, 

 p. 302.) 



