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pecially in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Infrequently 

 it winters as far north as Illinois, and is more common to 

 the eastward in North Carolina and Florida. The winter 

 range extends to the southern end of Lower California, to 

 Mazatlan, and the City of Mexico. In the northern part of 

 Mexico this species is common throughout the winter, and 

 birds have been found paired in May, the late date being an 

 indication that they intended to remain there and breed. Its 

 winter range extends commonly to Utah and Oregon ; seldom 

 to Washington and British Columbia. 



European Widgeon: 



This species "Mareca penelope" is a member of the OJd 

 World family of ducks, but it occurs as a straggler on the 

 Atlantic coast in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Alary- 

 land, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, 

 Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and in Greenland, while in t|ie 

 interior it has been discovered in Illinois, Indiana, Michi- 

 gan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Nebraska, and even on the Pa- 

 cific coast in California, British Columbia, and Alaska, but 

 it is not known to breed anywhere in the Western Hem- 

 isphere. 



Baldpate, or American Widgeon: 



"Mareca americana" is common on the Chesapeake 

 during the winter, but is rare directly northward at all 

 times of the year, and, therefore, it is evident that the mi- 

 gration is from the northwest. This species is quite com- 

 mon in wintertime in the Carolinas, less common in Florida 

 and Cuba, and rare in the Bermudas, the Bahamas, Jamaica, 

 Porto Rico, St. Thomas and Trinidad. Its winter home in 

 the Mississippi Valley extends as far north as Illinois, and 

 in the west to New Mexico, Arizona, probably Utah, and to 

 southern British Columbia. It is most common, very likely, 

 along the Pacific coast during the winter. 



