IO2 l>irds of Canada. 



Head and neck, brownish-white ; forepart of 

 breast and back, blackish ; underneath, plum- 

 beous-gray. 



Marcca amcricana. Baldpate, or American 

 Widgeon. 



This beautiful fowl breeds in Manitoba. Visits 

 Canada in company with Teals and Canvass- 

 back Ducks. Head and Neck, gray, spotted 

 with black ; a broad green patch around and 

 behind the eye ; top of the head, nearly white. 



SUMMER DUCK. 



Aix sponsa. The Summer Duck, or Wood Duck. 



This bird is, without exception, the most beau- 

 tiful of all our ducks. It builds its nest in a 



