KIVKU ln 



"In iiiiiiiinii flu- umlrs usually k.-cp in separate flock* from the 

 female* an<l \- u!i_-. Their notes arc faint HID! piping, ami tin ir wings 

 make a loud whistling during flight. . . ." (15., K, and It.). 



The EraorKAX THAI cncca) U of casual occurrence in North 



Amen. u. Tin- mlult nmle resembles that of .1. ?-ir--!t,,,n* t t, hut the white 



bar in front <>f the uiti,* is luckin.:. and tin- inner scapular* are creamy buff. 



with a sharply defined Muck murk <>u their outer wdw. The female can not 



:r'>m thai i>f A. ctrulititmit. 



140. Ana* discors Linn. Ili.i K-WIM.I.K Tt.M.. .1-1. s. Crown 

 fuacou*, chin uiil si-li-s <>(' the l>u.-e <>f the l>ill black ; a broad white band 

 aeroasthe front <>f tin- head, it* hinder margin Imrdere.l by black ; r-t of the 

 head and throat dark ahy with purplish n-tlci-tioii*; lip^-t uiul U-lly .-111118- 

 inon-rufuux, thickly .-p'ttvd with l-lm-k ; Imck fu>.---u. tin- ti-uthvnt with crea- 

 oenta of ochraccoiu-butT; lt**er anil median H-in-j i-r*rt* yniyiik blue, end 

 half of the |1 - white; Mpvculuiu i:n< n. .!/. . -//../ I'M *umm*r. 



'ro\\n tU-H-oun, lightly uiaru'iucd with ^ruyinh ; si.le.s of the heinl aii<l tJie 

 neck whiti-h. tiiu-ly ~i~>tti-.l with l>luekisli, except <>n the thnmt ; l>rca*t and 

 U-lly with lc.-u cinnamon wu-.li than in the preccilin; ; )>ack an>l win^H quite 

 similar to the prcccdimr. t>ut <H-hrucfou bant sotnetiine> \\antint;. xjK-euluin 

 darker and greater covert* with leas white. L., MINI; \\ .r., !; 



H.. 1 :'. 



it. Chiefly eastern North America; tpre-<ls from Karma*, northern 

 Ohio, and New Brunswick northward; winters from Virginia un.l the Lower 

 Micaiwippi Valley to northern Smith America. 



Wahinjft<>ri. coiniiiipii \V. V.. Sept. t" Apl. I."iiir I-lan.l. common T. V. 

 in Sept., rare T. V. in sprint?. Situ; Siiiif. e..rimi"ti T. V. in full. Sept. 24 to 

 Oct. 17. Cambridge, rare in spriiiir; very common < at lea^t fonnerly) Aug. 



to Oat 



K<jg, six to twelve, buffy white or creamy buff, T85 x 1-80. 



This generally silent species flies in densely massed, small flocks, 

 which move as one bird. The white face-mark can be discerned at 

 some disturicf. and, in connection with the bird's small size, is a good 

 field-mark. 



The <'I\N\\ION TEAL (141. Ann* <//<///"/</./; . a -|-.-ic* of we-.terti North 

 America, sometimes IH-CIIIX east of tlie Mi.,iH.sip|ii. It ha- >Kfii n?con.le<l from 

 Illinois and Flori-la. The male has the unler parts .l.ep cinnamon ; the 

 female closely reaemMc.-* the same *cx of our .(./. <Ht-ort. 



142. Spatula clypeata /.">".. SH\KIKK .1,1. 6. Heail and 

 neck taeoaa, gknatd with l-lui-h ^reen ; back and a broken line down the 

 back of the lower neck fu-<-o;i> ; re-t of the lower neck and brat white; 

 lower breast and belly rufotw-chcotnut ; upi-er and undor tail-covert* dark 

 greenwh ; ]earcrwing-covert ^ruyish blue, (rreater ones brownUh irray tipped 

 with white; speculum pi i .Throat buffy white; head and neck 



streaked with buffy and black ; rent of under parts more or leas washed with 



