THE MALLAED. 



Anas foschas. 







THE AMEEICAN WIDGEON. 



Anas Americana. 



BOTH these beautiful ducks, perhaps, with the excep- 

 tion of the lovely Summer Duck, or "Wood Duck, Anas 

 Sponsa, the most beautiful of all the tribe, are along the 

 seaboard of the Northern States somewhat rare of 



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occurrence, being for the most part fresh-water species, 

 and when driven by stress of weather, and the freezing 

 over of the inland lakes and rivers which they frequent, 

 repairing to the estuaries and land-locked lagoons of the 

 Southern coasts and rivers, as well as to the tepid pools 

 and warm sources of Florida, the Carolinas, Georgia, 

 Alabama and Louisiana, in all of which states they 

 swarm during the summer months. 



On many of the inland streams and pools of New 

 York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the Far West in 

 general, including all the bays, shallows and tributaries 

 of the Great Lakes, as well as all the lovely smaller 

 lakes of New York, especially where the wild-rice, or 



