38. Querquedula cyanoptera Viell. Cinnamon Teal. 

 Exceedingly rare. A pair were sliol opposite Pointe-a- 



lii Hache in December, 1884. Another pair were killed dur- 

 ing November, 1896, on Lake Catawiitchio.* 



39. Spatula clypeata Linn . Mtorel-hill; Micoine. 

 A common winter resident. 



40. Dafilaacuta Linn. Pin-tail; PalUc en (/ncnc. 

 Very common in winter. 



41. Aix sponsa Linn. Wood DucL ; I! ranch it. 



An abundant resident in almost every part of the state, 

 breeding wherever it occurs. 



42. Aythya americana Eyt. Red-head; Violon. 



A common winter resident, more especially in the south- 

 ern sections. 



43. Aythya vallisneria Wils. Canvas-hack; Canard Cheral. 



A common winter resident. Like the preceding species, 

 it prefers the Gulf coast to more inland waters. 



44. Aythya marila Stein. Bluc-lill; 7)o,<? grift de Mer. 



A winter resident; principally on the Gulf coast. 



45. Aythya affinis Eyt Lesser Scaup; Dos gris. 



One of the commonest of our winter residents. 



46. Aythya collaris Donov. Jilaek Duck; King-Neck; Canard noir. 

 An abundant winter resident, especially on the Lake and 



and Gulf shores. 



47. Qlaucionetta clangula americana Honap. Golden Eye. 



A winter resident, but not common. One was seen by 

 Mr. H. H. Kopmann on May 5, 1896, and another fa female] 

 was shot on June 15, 1894, by Mr. A. B. Blakemore, on Cat 

 Island, oft' the coast of Mississippi, and only a few miles east 

 of Louisiana. 



48. Charitonetta albeola Linn. Jiutterball; .I>uffle-ltead; Marionette 

 A common winter resident. 



49. Clangula hyemalis Linn. Long-tailed frucft; Old Squaw; Coir- 



heen. 



An accidental visitor. During the excessively cold 

 weather of 1891), accompanied by severe snow-storms, a male 

 in full winter plumage was shot on Bayou Barataria, about 

 twenty miles west of New Orleans, February L'S. Fortunately 

 the duck was preserved, and is now in the museum of Tulane 

 University. 



*A male, in almost full plumage, was obtained on Lake Borgne during 

 January, 1900. It is now in the collection of Tulane Museum. =- Q. E. B. 



