82 NESTS AND EGGS OF 



water. He says the complement of eggs ranges from nine to thirteen, and that the 

 nest is so compactly woven of grass, feathers and down that the entire structure may 

 be picked up without its coming apart. It gives me pleasure to be able to add this 

 beautiful duck to the avifauna of Ohio as an accidental visitor. On the 4th of April, 

 1895, a fine male of this species was killed, together with a number of ducks, at the 

 Licking County Reservoir, by William Harlow. On the 6th I skinned and mounted 

 this specimen and it is now one of the rare Ohio birds in my collection. It proved 

 to be good eating. This, I believe, is the first record of the Cinnamon Teal ever 

 having been taken in the state. The eggs of this species are creamy-white or pale 

 buff; six to twelve; one end smaller than the other. In my cabinet there is a set of 

 ten eggs collected by Dr. James C. Merrill, near Fort Klamath, Oregon, June 14, 1887; 

 they exhibit the following dimensions: 1.90x1.38, 1.82x1.37, 1.88x1.39, 1.90x1.38, 1.92x 

 1.39, 1.88x1.38, 1.85x1.40, 1.94x1.38, 1.89x1.36, 1.83x1.34; the average size is 1.88x1.38. 

 The nest was built at the edge of a marsh; it was made of grass blades and stems, 

 warmly lined with down. 



141. 1. BUDDY SHELDRAKE. Casarca casarca Linn. Geog. Dist. South- 

 ern Europe and Southern Asia, south to northern Africa. Accidental in Greenland, 

 Iceland and the Scandinavian Penisula. 



Called also Casarka Sheldrake. It is found in Southern Europe, Asia and Russia; 

 accidental in Greenland. Mr. C. W. Crandall has a set of eight eggs of this species 

 in his oological collection which was taken June 2, 1893, in Southern Russia. Their 

 measurements are 2.60x1.89, 2.55x1.90, 2.48x1.87, 2.42x1.82, 2.48x1.83, 2.55x1.87, 2.51x 

 1.86, 2.53x1.86, respectively They are of an exact ovate in shape of a pale cream 

 shade, almost of the same tint as that found in the Wood Duck's eggs 



142. SHOVELLER. N/m ///// rl,,i>r<,f<i (Linn.) Geog. Dist. Northern Hemis- 

 phere. In North America, Breeding from Alaska to Texas. Not abundant on the 

 Atlantic coast. 



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142. SHOVELLER (From Brthm). 



