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dividuals of a small number have been recorded for the 

 whole of New England. 



Pintail: 



"Dafila acuta," or Pintail, are quite common on the 

 coast of North Carolina, and as far south as Florida, while 

 many spend the Avinter in Cuba, a few pass on to Jamaica, 

 and individuals have been recorded in Porto Rico. This 

 species is known as one of the common winter ducks that 

 are found from Mexico to Costa Rica, and a few winter as 

 far north as Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Only a few 

 winter in the Mississippi Valley north of southern Illinois, 

 and from there the winter home extends through Texas, 

 New r Mexico, Arizona, and on to the Pacific coast, where it 

 is abundant at this season as far north as British Columbia. 

 The species also is known to winter in southern Ohio, and 

 southern Indiana, also in southern Wisconsin. 



Wood Duck: 



This duck is one of the most popular of American wat- 

 erfowl, though greatly diminished in numbers from its for- 

 mer abundance, and is scientifically called "Aix sponsa." 

 It migrates north tolerably early, after spending the win- 

 ter in North Carolina, occasionally in Maryland and Penn- 

 sylvania, and in the interior as far north as southern In- 

 diana, southern Illinois and Kansas. 



Redhead: 



"Aythya americaiia," or redheads, have their winter 

 home not far from Texas, along the Gulf and Atlantic 

 coasts, to Chesapeake Bay, and a few winter near Long 

 Island, Cape Cod and Lakes Ontario and Erie; the Missis- 

 sippi Valley north to Illinois and Kansas, and in the west 

 to New Mexico, Arizona, sometimes Utah, Nevada, and 

 southern British Columbia, almost as far north as it breeds. 



