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Nov. 7, 1890); at Keokuk, la. (seven years), Nov. 22 

 (latest, Nov. 27, 1902.) 



Querquedula discors (Linn.) Blue-winged Teal. 



Breeding Range. The principal summer home of this 

 teal is the interior of North America between the Rocky 

 Mountains and the Great Lakes, from northern Illinois 

 and central Iowa north to Saskatchewan. The species 

 is not common east of the Allegheny Mountains nor on 

 the Pacific slope. It has been recorded as breeding 

 rarely in Rhode Island (Sakonnet, 1890), Maine (Calais), 

 New Brunswick (Kings County, St. John County), Nova 

 Scotia, Anticosti Island and Newfoundland, Quebec 

 (Montreal, Point de Monts), Ungava (Clearwater Lake, 

 latitude 57), rare in southern Ontario (Toronto), New 

 York (Utica, Auburn, Buffalo, formerly Long Island, 

 Black Pond, Ulster County.) It breeds as far south as 

 northern Ohio (Port Clinton, Sandusky), southern In- 

 diana (Gibson County and Wheatland), southern Illinois 

 (Anna), central Missouri (Kings Lake, Warrensburg, 

 Kansas City), central Kansas (Emporia, Wichita, Medi- 

 cine Lodge, Fort Hays) casual or accidental breeding at 

 Fort Reno, Okla., and San Antonio and Spring Lake, 

 Texas southern Colorado (Fort Garland and La Plata 

 County), New Mexico (Santa Rosa; Black Lake, Colfax 

 County; Chloride), probably in Arizona (Mogollon Moun- 

 tains), central Utah (Thistle Valley, Fairfield, northern 

 Nevada (Truckee Valley, Washoe Lake, and central Ore- 

 gon (Burns.) 



The breeding range extends north to central British 

 Columbia (Lac la Hache, 158-Mile House) ; but the 

 bird is rare or accidental in Alaska (Cape Romanzoff), 



