1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 263 



On October 3, '89, I witnessed a remarkable instance of the 

 well-known sailing power of a dead duck, if shot in the heart 

 with its wings spread. Fishing near Maxwell's Point, my atten- 

 tion was taken by several shots on Saltpeter Creek, and looking in 

 that direction I noticed a duck coming down the wind, which was 

 blowing fresh from a few points N. of W. As it got closer I 

 noticed it was sailing, wings and neck at full stretch; when first 

 seen it was well up and over the land, but gradually descending, 

 it struck the water with a splash about one-quarter mile from 

 our boat and near the centre of the river, or about two-and-a- 

 half miles from where it was shot, the neck being about a mile 

 across and Gunpowder River about three miles wide at this 

 point. 



Anas crecca (138). European Teal. 



One shot on the Potomac River, near Washington, in April, 

 ' 1 888, was presented to the National Museum (Auk, iii, 139). 

 It was an " adult male, shot by Henry Marshall, of Laurel, 

 Md." (Smith. Report, '86, 154)." 



Anas carolinensis (139). Green-winged Teal. 



Common during spring and fall migrations, a number stay 

 in tidewater Maryland during mild winters. It is not so nu- 

 merous as the following species , with which it arrives and 

 departs. Mr. W. S. Walker, of Chestertown, writes me: 

 u Among the last to leave Chester River is the Teal, or Partridge 

 Duck, a little brown duck/' 



Anas discors (140). Blue-winged Teal. 



Usually seen with, or in the same places as the last men- 

 tioned, and during the same time of year. A bunch of 15 

 were noted in Bear Creek, on August 20 ('93, Fisher). The 

 latest date is May 7 ('90, Resler), when one was taken on 

 Patapsco Marsh. 



On September 17, '93, I saw a bunch of 10 on Loch Raven, 

 in Dulaney's Valley. They were standing at edge of water, 



