BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 11 



A fairly common summer resident, breeding in the interior of the 

 Province. 



Arrives in April and leaves with the first frost. 



Genus NETTION. 



37 Green- winged Teal. 



(Nettion carolinensis.) 



Common summer resident, breeding in the north. 

 Arrives as soon as the marshes are open and remains until the 

 •early part of November. 



Genus QUERQUEDULA. 



38. Blue winged Teal. 



(Querquedula discors.) 



A common summer resident, breeding in all suitable places 

 throughout this Pro\nnce. 



Arrives in April and leaves about the end of September. 



Genus SPATULA. 



39. Shoveller. 



(Spatula clj-peata.) 



A regular but uncommon summer resident, breeds throughout its 

 range. 



Genus DAFILA. 



40. Pintail. 



(Dafila acuta.) 



A common spring and autumn visitor to southern Ontario, 

 occasionally breeding in the marshes about Lake Erie and probably 

 regularly breeding in the interior of the Province. 



Arrives as soon as the marshes open and leaves when they freeze 

 up. 



Genus AIX. 



41. Wood Duck. 



(Aix sponsa.) 



Formerly an abundant summer resident, breeding everywhere 

 throughout the Province, it is still common but its numbers are 

 decreasing. 



Arrives as soon as the ice is out of the marshes, departs about the 

 end of September. 



