600 REPORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. 



The European Widgeon has been taken in a number of places in 

 North America. Two records of its occurrence in Illinois are given 

 by Mr. E. W. Nelson, and the late Dr. P. R. Hoy reported one in- 

 stance in Wisconsin. To Mr. Ruthven Deane belongs the credit of 

 obtaining four records of its capture in Indiana. All were taken at 

 English Lake. The first specmen in order of time known to have been 

 taken in the State is in the collection of Dr. Nicholas Bowe, of 

 "The American Field," Chicago, 111. It was killed at English Lake in 

 1881 or 1882. (The Auk, XII, 1895, p. 292.) April 13, 1893, Mr. 

 Landon Hoyt, of Chicago, 111., took a specimen on the Kankakee River 

 at English Lake, which is now in his possession. It was in company 

 with a flock of Baldpates (Anas americana.) The Auk, XII, 

 1895, p. 179.) April 7, 1895, Mr. J. F. Barrell shot a young male from 

 a flock of Baldpates in the same vicinity. It is now in Mr. Deane's 

 collection. (The Auk, XII, 1895, p. 292.) The fourth specimen, 

 a fine adult male, was killed at English Lake by Mr. John E. Earle, 

 of Hinsdale, 111., March 23, 1896. It was flying with a small flock of 

 Baldpates when shot. The specimen is in Mr. Earle's collection. This 

 is the eighth record for the interior of North America, (The Auk, 

 XIII; 1896, p. 255.) The above records are all for the spring, 

 and, so far as noted, they were in company with their American rela- 

 tive, the Baldpate. 



*32. (137.) Anas americana GMEL. 



Baldpate. 

 Synonym, AMERICAN WIDGEON. 



Adult Male. Forehead white; head and neck whitish, speckled with 

 black, and with a dark metallic green space on the side of the occiput 

 (sometimes continued down the nape); posterior half of the middle 

 wing covert region white, forming a large patch of this color; abdomen 

 immaculate white; speculum velvety-black, with or without green; 

 ground color of the dorsal region, sides, and flanks vinaceous or pink- 

 ish cinnamon. Adult Female. Head and neck dull whitish, streaked 

 with dusky; crop, sides and flanks dull vinaceous; upper parts dusky 

 grayish-brown, irregularly and coarsely barred with dull white or 

 buffy; smaller wing coverts, dull dark grayish, tipped and edged with 

 white. 



Length, 18.00-22.00; wing, 10.25-11.00; bill, 1.30-1.50; tarsus, 

 1.45-1.65. 



