AMERICAN WIGEON. 



NATATOEES. 



293 



ANATID^J. 



THE AMERICAN WIGEON. 



Anas Americana. 



Anas Americana, American Wigeon, WILSON, Am. Ornith. vol. \'\\\. p. 86. 

 JARDINE'S edit. vol. in. p. 109. 



AUDUBON, Ornith. Biog. vol. iv. 



p. 337. 

 NUTTALL, Man. vol. ii. p. 389. 



STEPHENS, Shaw. Zool. vol. xii. 



Mareca 



p. 135. 

 FAUN. Bor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 445. 



THE occurrence of the American Wigeon in a London 

 market during the winter of 1837-8, was thus noticed by 

 Mr. Edward Blyth, in the third volume of the Naturalist, 

 page 417 : 



" The American Wigeon is a novelty which was ob- 

 tained by Mr. Bartlett. He selected it from a row of 

 Common Wigeons, deeming it, at the time, to be only an 

 accidental variety of the species ; there was a female 

 along with it, which, after some hesitation, he unfortu- 



