key to the water birds of florida. 

 Subgenus MARECA Stephens. 



219 



(Male.) 



ANAS AMERICANA Gmel. 

 Baldpate. American Widgeon. 



Adiili 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 lilac 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 white ; the inner webs are grayish towards the tip ; speculum black 

 and green. 



Adult female ; 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 ranges nearly 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 



