key to the water birds of florida. 

 Subgenus MARECA Stf.phens. 



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^.Male.J 



ANAS AMERICANA Gmel. 

 Baldpate. American Widgeon. 



Adult male ■ Head speckled l)Iack and white; top of the head white; a broad stripe of 

 greenish back of tiie 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 vuiaceous finely 

 pencilled with black ; a broad patch of white on the wing; most of the secondaries have the 

 outer web black edged with white ; tlie inner webs are grayish towards the tip ; speculum black 



and green. • , , , 1 1 1 • 1 



Adult female: Head and throat whitisii, streaked and mottled with black; back grayisli 



brown ; tertials dusky edged with whitish. 



Length, I9; Wing, 10.50; Tarsus, 1.60; Bill, 1.40. 



This species ranges nearly throughout North America hut does not hreed 

 on the Ath^ntic coast as far as known. It is very common in winter in 

 Florida occurring along the Gulf to Central America and Northern South 



