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27. Anas obscura Gmel. BLACK DUCK ; DUSKY DUCK. 



Migrant, occasional winter resident, and, in the northern part of the State, oc- 

 casional resident. Not so common as the last mentioned species. 



Subgenus CHAULELASMFS Boanparte. 



28. Anas strepera Linn. GADWALL. 



Rare migrant ; has been identified in Franklin County by Dr. llaymond and 

 Mr. E. R. Quick, and by Dr. F. Stein in the lower Wabash Valley. 



Subgenus MARECA Stephens. 



*29. Anas americana (fmel. BALDPATE ; AMERICAN WIDGEON. 



Common migrant and occasional winter resident. Rare summer resident 

 northward. Breeds. Mr. H. W. McBride informs that he found a female Bald- 

 pate (" Widgeon ") with thirteen young at Hog-back Lake, Steuben County, in 

 May, 1889. 



Subgenus NETTION Kaup. 



30. Anas carolinensis Gmel. GREEN-WINGED TEAL. 



A common migrant and winter resident and, probably, summer resident in 

 some localities in northern part of the State. 



Subgenus QUERQUEDULA Stephens. 



*31. Anas discors (Linn.). BLUE-WINGED TEAL. 



Resident in some number?. Abundant; migrant; winter resident tolerably 

 common. Mr. Robert Ridgway informs me of their breeding in Knox and Gibson 

 counties. Breeds at English Lake. (Deane.) 



v GENUS SPATULA BOIE. 



"32. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). SHOVELLER; SPOON-BILL.. 



Winter resident southward. Migrant throughout the State ; not common ; 

 rare summer resident. Mr. Ruthven Deane informs me that he thinks it breeds 

 along the Kankakee River. He reports a nest with nine fresh eggs obtained at 

 English Lake, May 4, 1890. 



Head of a female Pintail. 



