FLORIDA DUCK. 



134. Anas fulvigula fulvigula. 21 in. 



Paler and more buffy than the preceding 

 species, the throat being buff without any 

 streaking Sexes very similar in plumage. 



Range. Western coast of Fla. Mottled 

 Duck (A. f. maculosa) is similar but mot- 

 tled with black on the belly. It is resident 

 in southern La. and Tex. 



GADWALL. 



135. Chaulelasmus streperus, 20 in. 



Male barred with black and white. Specu- 

 lum white, shoulders chestnut. Female sim- 

 ilar but with gray shoulders and gray and 

 white speculum. 



Notes. A rapid, shrill quacking. 



Nest. Of down on the ground. Seven to 

 ten creamy-buff eggs. 



Range. Cosmopolitan. In America breed- 

 ing from southern Wise., Nebr. and Col. 

 northward. Winters from N. Car., southern 

 111. and British Columbia southward. 

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